2014–2026 performance history

Ohio State over time

Season-by-season offense and defense game grades, with head-coaching changes placed on the timeline.

Big TenHead coach: Ryan DayView Ohio State games →
Offense · 2026 estimate84.6/100

92.3 average through 1 game

83.4 prior · 8 equivalent games
Defense · 2026 estimate93.5/100

88.2 average through 1 game

94.0 prior · 8 equivalent games

The trajectory

Game and Season Unit Ratings

Each small dot is one offensive or defensive game rating, arranged in the order played. For completed seasons, the short bar is that season’s average game rating. Both dot and bar values are labeled on a percentile scale. For 2026, the bar is the Bayesian estimate, while the outlined circle is the empirical games-only mean. Labeled background bands show each head coach’s era.

Ohio State individual offense and defense game grades by seasonEach small point is one game. Horizontal bars show completed-season means and the Bayesian estimate for 2026. The outlined 2026 circle is the empirical games-only mean. Alternating labeled bands identify head-coaching eras.Meyer · ’14–’18Urban Meyer, 2014–2018Day · ’19–’26Ryan Day, 2019–2026offenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Navy · W 34–17; offense 58.8 percentile2014 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Virginia Tech · L 21–35; offense 40.1 percentile2014 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Kent State · W 66–0; offense 98.1 percentile2014 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Cincinnati · W 50–28; offense 95.9 percentile2014 Week 6: Ohio State at Maryland · W 52–24; offense 93.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 56–17; offense 99.2 percentile2014 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 31–24; offense 66.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Illinois · W 55–14; offense 91.1 percentile2014 Week 11: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 49–37; offense 100.0 percentile2014 Week 12: Ohio State at Minnesota · W 31–24; offense 97.4 percentile2014 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 42–27; offense 72.7 percentile2014 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 42–28; offense 97.9 percentile2014 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 59–0; offense 85.2 percentile2014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Alabama · W 42–35; offense 81.7 percentile2014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon · W 42–20; offense 87.3 percentile2015 Week 1: Ohio State at Virginia Tech · W 42–24; offense 98.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Hawai'i · W 38–0; offense 14.4 percentile2015 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Northern Illinois · W 20–13; offense 35.9 percentile2015 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Western Michigan · W 38–12; offense 88.3 percentile2015 Week 5: Ohio State at Indiana · W 34–27; offense 43.3 percentile2015 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 49–28; offense 69.7 percentile2015 Week 7: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 38–10; offense 91.0 percentile2015 Week 8: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 49–7; offense 92.1 percentile2015 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 28–14; offense 49.5 percentile2015 Week 11: Ohio State at Illinois · W 28–3; offense 81.9 percentile2015 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · L 14–17; offense 23.6 percentile2015 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · W 42–13; offense 100.0 percentile2015 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 44–28; offense 95.1 percentile2016 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Bowling Green · W 77–10; offense 99.7 percentile2016 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Tulsa · W 48–3; offense 66.7 percentile2016 Week 3: Ohio State at Oklahoma · W 45–24; offense 96.0 percentile2016 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 58–0; offense 97.7 percentile2016 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 38–17; offense 78.8 percentile2016 Week 7: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 30–23; offense 76.8 percentile2016 Week 8: Ohio State at Penn State · L 21–24; offense 49.0 percentile2016 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 24–20; offense 75.8 percentile2016 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 62–3; offense 98.4 percentile2016 Week 11: Ohio State at Maryland · W 62–3; offense 97.5 percentile2016 Week 12: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 17–16; offense 41.5 percentile2016 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 30–27; offense 50.7 percentile2016 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · L 0–31; offense 14.9 percentile2017 Week 1: Ohio State at Indiana · W 49–21; offense 96.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma · L 16–31; offense 47.3 percentile2017 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Army · W 38–7; offense 98.3 percentile2017 Week 4: Ohio State vs. UNLV · W 54–21; offense 93.1 percentile2017 Week 5: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 56–0; offense 95.9 percentile2017 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 62–14; offense 84.8 percentile2017 Week 7: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 56–14; offense 98.4 percentile2017 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 39–38; offense 94.8 percentile2017 Week 10: Ohio State at Iowa · L 24–55; offense 87.5 percentile2017 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 48–3; offense 99.6 percentile2017 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Illinois · W 52–14; offense 88.9 percentile2017 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · W 31–20; offense 82.3 percentile2017 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 27–21; offense 86.5 percentile2017 Week 1: Ohio State vs. USC · W 24–7; offense 42.6 percentile2018 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon State · W 77–31; offense 98.2 percentile2018 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 52–3; offense 97.5 percentile2018 Week 3: Ohio State vs. TCU · W 40–28; offense 69.3 percentile2018 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Tulane · W 49–6; offense 96.3 percentile2018 Week 5: Ohio State at Penn State · W 27–26; offense 43.0 percentile2018 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 49–26; offense 76.5 percentile2018 Week 7: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 30–14; offense 79.1 percentile2018 Week 8: Ohio State at Purdue · L 20–49; offense 46.5 percentile2018 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 36–31; offense 57.7 percentile2018 Week 11: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 26–6; offense 30.8 percentile2018 Week 12: Ohio State at Maryland · W 52–51; offense 95.8 percentile2018 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 62–39; offense 91.9 percentile2018 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 45–24; offense 77.2 percentile2018 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Washington · W 28–23; offense 68.6 percentile2019 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Florida Atlantic · W 45–21; offense 88.3 percentile2019 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Cincinnati · W 42–0; offense 98.0 percentile2019 Week 3: Ohio State at Indiana · W 51–10; offense 98.8 percentile2019 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Miami (OH) · W 76–5; offense 96.8 percentile2019 Week 5: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 48–7; offense 99.9 percentile2019 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 34–10; offense 96.7 percentile2019 Week 8: Ohio State at Northwestern · W 52–3; offense 95.0 percentile2019 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 38–7; offense 96.7 percentile2019 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 73–14; offense 98.2 percentile2019 Week 12: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 56–21; offense 97.5 percentile2019 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 28–17; offense 81.3 percentile2019 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan · W 56–27; offense 100.0 percentile2019 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 34–21; offense 97.9 percentile2019 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · L 23–29; offense 73.2 percentile2020 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 52–17; offense 98.1 percentile2020 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 38–25; offense 88.6 percentile2020 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 49–27; offense 91.3 percentile2020 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 42–35; offense 90.9 percentile2020 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 52–12; offense 80.4 percentile2020 Week 16: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 22–10; offense 91.7 percentile2020 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · W 49–28; offense 99.0 percentile2020 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Alabama · L 24–52; offense 70.3 percentile2021 Week 1: Ohio State at Minnesota · W 45–31; offense 99.8 percentile2021 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Oregon · L 28–35; offense 61.7 percentile2021 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Tulsa · W 41–20; offense 95.1 percentile2021 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Akron · W 59–7; offense 93.4 percentile2021 Week 5: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 52–13; offense 98.9 percentile2021 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 66–17; offense 98.7 percentile2021 Week 8: Ohio State at Indiana · W 54–7; offense 99.1 percentile2021 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 33–24; offense 60.6 percentile2021 Week 10: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 26–17; offense 54.0 percentile2021 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Purdue · W 59–31; offense 99.7 percentile2021 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 56–7; offense 99.0 percentile2021 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · L 27–42; offense 70.2 percentile2021 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Utah · W 48–45; offense 98.1 percentile2022 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 21–10; offense 89.0 percentile2022 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Arkansas State · W 45–12; offense 79.5 percentile2022 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Toledo · W 77–21; offense 99.5 percentile2022 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 52–21; offense 99.8 percentile2022 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 49–10; offense 93.1 percentile2022 Week 6: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 49–20; offense 99.2 percentile2022 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Iowa · W 54–10; offense 94.3 percentile2022 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 44–31; offense 82.7 percentile2022 Week 10: Ohio State at Northwestern · W 21–7; offense 28.9 percentile2022 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 56–14; offense 93.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Ohio State at Maryland · W 43–30; offense 83.3 percentile2022 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · L 23–45; offense 87.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Georgia · L 41–42; offense 96.2 percentile2023 Week 1: Ohio State at Indiana · W 23–3; offense 54.5 percentile2023 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Youngstown State · W 35–7; offense 67.5 percentile2023 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Western Kentucky · W 63–10; offense 98.6 percentile2023 Week 4: Ohio State at Notre Dame · W 17–14; offense 82.9 percentile2023 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 37–17; offense 72.8 percentile2023 Week 7: Ohio State at Purdue · W 41–7; offense 96.0 percentile2023 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 20–12; offense 57.7 percentile2023 Week 9: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 24–10; offense 87.2 percentile2023 Week 10: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 35–16; offense 72.5 percentile2023 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 38–3; offense 97.1 percentile2023 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 37–3; offense 92.4 percentile2023 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · L 24–30; offense 97.4 percentile2023 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Missouri · L 3–14; offense 2.0 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Akron · W 52–6; offense 92.3 percentile2024 Week 5: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 38–7; offense 88.7 percentile2024 Week 7: Ohio State at Oregon · L 31–32; offense 90.9 percentile2024 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 21–17; offense 72.1 percentile2024 Week 10: Ohio State at Penn State · W 20–13; offense 95.9 percentile2024 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Purdue · W 45–0; offense 85.9 percentile2024 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 31–7; offense 93.5 percentile2024 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 38–15; offense 85.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Michigan · L 10–13; offense 9.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Tennessee · W 42–17; offense 90.6 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon · W 41–21; offense 81.8 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Texas · W 28–14; offense 78.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 34–23; offense 92.2 percentile2025 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Texas · W 14–7; offense 14.4 percentile2025 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Grambling · W 70–0; offense 98.0 percentile2025 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Ohio · W 37–9; offense 98.0 percentile2025 Week 5: Ohio State at Washington · W 24–6; offense 91.4 percentile2025 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 42–3; offense 84.9 percentile2025 Week 7: Ohio State at Illinois · W 34–16; offense 55.7 percentile2025 Week 8: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 34–0; offense 83.7 percentile2025 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 38–14; offense 97.7 percentile2025 Week 11: Ohio State at Purdue · W 34–10; offense 77.4 percentile2025 Week 12: Ohio State vs. UCLA · W 48–10; offense 80.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 42–9; offense 73.1 percentile2025 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan · W 27–9; offense 87.0 percentile2025 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Indiana · L 10–13; offense 75.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Miami · L 14–24; offense 83.4 percentile2026 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Ball State · W 56–3; offense 92.3 percentile2014 offense season mean: 91.4 percentile2015 offense season mean: 78.6 percentile2016 offense season mean: 82.2 percentile2017 offense season mean: 91.0 percentile2018 offense season mean: 79.8 percentile2019 offense season mean: 97.2 percentile2020 offense season mean: 91.7 percentile2021 offense season mean: 94.9 percentile2022 offense season mean: 92.5 percentile2023 offense season mean: 80.5 percentile2024 offense season mean: 84.3 percentile2025 offense season mean: 83.4 percentile2026 offense Bayesian estimate: 84.6 percentile2026 offense empirical mean: 92.3 percentiledefenseGame-grade percentile · higher is better9975502512014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Navy · W 34–17; defense 68.0 percentile2014 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Virginia Tech · L 21–35; defense 53.6 percentile2014 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Kent State · W 66–0; defense 83.0 percentile2014 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Cincinnati · W 50–28; defense 12.6 percentile2014 Week 6: Ohio State at Maryland · W 52–24; defense 47.0 percentile2014 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 56–17; defense 75.6 percentile2014 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 31–24; defense 89.8 percentile2014 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Illinois · W 55–14; defense 88.1 percentile2014 Week 11: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 49–37; defense 49.9 percentile2014 Week 12: Ohio State at Minnesota · W 31–24; defense 46.1 percentile2014 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 42–27; defense 49.2 percentile2014 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 42–28; defense 16.5 percentile2014 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 59–0; defense 98.5 percentile2014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Alabama · W 42–35; defense 50.9 percentile2014 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon · W 42–20; defense 82.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Ohio State at Virginia Tech · W 42–24; defense 71.6 percentile2015 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Hawai'i · W 38–0; defense 90.1 percentile2015 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Northern Illinois · W 20–13; defense 90.5 percentile2015 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Western Michigan · W 38–12; defense 77.8 percentile2015 Week 5: Ohio State at Indiana · W 34–27; defense 94.7 percentile2015 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 49–28; defense 19.3 percentile2015 Week 7: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 38–10; defense 52.0 percentile2015 Week 8: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 49–7; defense 83.5 percentile2015 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 28–14; defense 87.6 percentile2015 Week 11: Ohio State at Illinois · W 28–3; defense 99.4 percentile2015 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · L 14–17; defense 66.3 percentile2015 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · W 42–13; defense 72.5 percentile2015 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 44–28; defense 62.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Bowling Green · W 77–10; defense 90.1 percentile2016 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Tulsa · W 48–3; defense 99.2 percentile2016 Week 3: Ohio State at Oklahoma · W 45–24; defense 77.6 percentile2016 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 58–0; defense 88.4 percentile2016 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 38–17; defense 86.1 percentile2016 Week 7: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 30–23; defense 36.6 percentile2016 Week 8: Ohio State at Penn State · L 21–24; defense 97.2 percentile2016 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 24–20; defense 49.8 percentile2016 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 62–3; defense 92.7 percentile2016 Week 11: Ohio State at Maryland · W 62–3; defense 99.6 percentile2016 Week 12: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 17–16; defense 70.1 percentile2016 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 30–27; defense 94.5 percentile2016 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · L 0–31; defense 87.0 percentile2017 Week 1: Ohio State at Indiana · W 49–21; defense 71.8 percentile2017 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Oklahoma · L 16–31; defense 85.1 percentile2017 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Army · W 38–7; defense 96.9 percentile2017 Week 4: Ohio State vs. UNLV · W 54–21; defense 92.2 percentile2017 Week 5: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 56–0; defense 93.9 percentile2017 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 62–14; defense 99.1 percentile2017 Week 7: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 56–14; defense 85.5 percentile2017 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 39–38; defense 86.4 percentile2017 Week 10: Ohio State at Iowa · L 24–55; defense 4.7 percentile2017 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 48–3; defense 89.4 percentile2017 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Illinois · W 52–14; defense 95.1 percentile2017 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · W 31–20; defense 56.2 percentile2017 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 27–21; defense 98.3 percentile2017 Week 1: Ohio State vs. USC · W 24–7; defense 96.1 percentile2018 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon State · W 77–31; defense 46.5 percentile2018 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 52–3; defense 92.3 percentile2018 Week 3: Ohio State vs. TCU · W 40–28; defense 8.9 percentile2018 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Tulane · W 49–6; defense 83.7 percentile2018 Week 5: Ohio State at Penn State · W 27–26; defense 79.1 percentile2018 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 49–26; defense 70.7 percentile2018 Week 7: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 30–14; defense 42.7 percentile2018 Week 8: Ohio State at Purdue · L 20–49; defense 30.2 percentile2018 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 36–31; defense 71.0 percentile2018 Week 11: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 26–6; defense 95.7 percentile2018 Week 12: Ohio State at Maryland · W 52–51; defense 43.9 percentile2018 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · W 62–39; defense 50.2 percentile2018 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 45–24; defense 36.4 percentile2018 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Washington · W 28–23; defense 72.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Florida Atlantic · W 45–21; defense 97.0 percentile2019 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Cincinnati · W 42–0; defense 84.2 percentile2019 Week 3: Ohio State at Indiana · W 51–10; defense 95.0 percentile2019 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Miami (OH) · W 76–5; defense 97.6 percentile2019 Week 5: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 48–7; defense 81.5 percentile2019 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 34–10; defense 75.2 percentile2019 Week 8: Ohio State at Northwestern · W 52–3; defense 95.9 percentile2019 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 38–7; defense 98.2 percentile2019 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 73–14; defense 93.5 percentile2019 Week 12: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 56–21; defense 89.5 percentile2019 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 28–17; defense 82.8 percentile2019 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan · W 56–27; defense 78.9 percentile2019 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 34–21; defense 78.3 percentile2019 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · L 23–29; defense 65.6 percentile2020 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 52–17; defense 19.1 percentile2020 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 38–25; defense 61.6 percentile2020 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 49–27; defense 69.1 percentile2020 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 42–35; defense 51.9 percentile2020 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 52–12; defense 92.6 percentile2020 Week 16: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 22–10; defense 75.2 percentile2020 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Clemson · W 49–28; defense 77.5 percentile2020 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Alabama · L 24–52; defense 34.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Ohio State at Minnesota · W 45–31; defense 39.5 percentile2021 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Oregon · L 28–35; defense 20.0 percentile2021 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Tulsa · W 41–20; defense 47.7 percentile2021 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Akron · W 59–7; defense 85.2 percentile2021 Week 5: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 52–13; defense 65.5 percentile2021 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 66–17; defense 86.4 percentile2021 Week 8: Ohio State at Indiana · W 54–7; defense 88.9 percentile2021 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 33–24; defense 45.9 percentile2021 Week 10: Ohio State at Nebraska · W 26–17; defense 93.1 percentile2021 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Purdue · W 59–31; defense 17.3 percentile2021 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 56–7; defense 97.1 percentile2021 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · L 27–42; defense 2.6 percentile2021 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Utah · W 48–45; defense 52.7 percentile2022 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 21–10; defense 88.3 percentile2022 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Arkansas State · W 45–12; defense 87.8 percentile2022 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Toledo · W 77–21; defense 51.4 percentile2022 Week 4: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin · W 52–21; defense 71.3 percentile2022 Week 5: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 49–10; defense 82.3 percentile2022 Week 6: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 49–20; defense 93.6 percentile2022 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Iowa · W 54–10; defense 81.4 percentile2022 Week 9: Ohio State at Penn State · W 44–31; defense 65.3 percentile2022 Week 10: Ohio State at Northwestern · W 21–7; defense 87.0 percentile2022 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 56–14; defense 76.5 percentile2022 Week 12: Ohio State at Maryland · W 43–30; defense 49.7 percentile2022 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Michigan · L 23–45; defense 34.0 percentile2022 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Georgia · L 41–42; defense 62.0 percentile2023 Week 1: Ohio State at Indiana · W 23–3; defense 92.4 percentile2023 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Youngstown State · W 35–7; defense 39.1 percentile2023 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Western Kentucky · W 63–10; defense 85.4 percentile2023 Week 4: Ohio State at Notre Dame · W 17–14; defense 89.3 percentile2023 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Maryland · W 37–17; defense 72.2 percentile2023 Week 7: Ohio State at Purdue · W 41–7; defense 98.5 percentile2023 Week 8: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 20–12; defense 98.3 percentile2023 Week 9: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 24–10; defense 94.4 percentile2023 Week 10: Ohio State at Rutgers · W 35–16; defense 40.7 percentile2023 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Michigan State · W 38–3; defense 68.0 percentile2023 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 37–3; defense 87.5 percentile2023 Week 13: Ohio State at Michigan · L 24–30; defense 66.6 percentile2023 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Missouri · L 3–14; defense 77.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Akron · W 52–6; defense 79.4 percentile2024 Week 5: Ohio State at Michigan State · W 38–7; defense 81.3 percentile2024 Week 7: Ohio State at Oregon · L 31–32; defense 52.1 percentile2024 Week 9: Ohio State vs. Nebraska · W 21–17; defense 78.6 percentile2024 Week 10: Ohio State at Penn State · W 20–13; defense 96.9 percentile2024 Week 11: Ohio State vs. Purdue · W 45–0; defense 67.4 percentile2024 Week 12: Ohio State vs. Northwestern · W 31–7; defense 70.3 percentile2024 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Indiana · W 38–15; defense 96.4 percentile2024 Week 14: Ohio State vs. Michigan · L 10–13; defense 77.2 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Tennessee · W 42–17; defense 83.7 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Oregon · W 41–21; defense 99.5 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Texas · W 28–14; defense 86.4 percentile2024 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame · W 34–23; defense 74.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Texas · W 14–7; defense 79.7 percentile2025 Week 2: Ohio State vs. Grambling · W 70–0; defense 74.9 percentile2025 Week 3: Ohio State vs. Ohio · W 37–9; defense 98.4 percentile2025 Week 5: Ohio State at Washington · W 24–6; defense 99.8 percentile2025 Week 6: Ohio State vs. Minnesota · W 42–3; defense 98.4 percentile2025 Week 7: Ohio State at Illinois · W 34–16; defense 98.5 percentile2025 Week 8: Ohio State at Wisconsin · W 34–0; defense 93.8 percentile2025 Week 10: Ohio State vs. Penn State · W 38–14; defense 91.4 percentile2025 Week 11: Ohio State at Purdue · W 34–10; defense 77.1 percentile2025 Week 12: Ohio State vs. UCLA · W 48–10; defense 68.8 percentile2025 Week 13: Ohio State vs. Rutgers · W 42–9; defense 98.8 percentile2025 Week 14: Ohio State at Michigan · W 27–9; defense 99.8 percentile2025 Week 15: Ohio State vs. Indiana · L 10–13; defense 93.3 percentile2025 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Miami · L 14–24; defense 59.6 percentile2026 Week 1: Ohio State vs. Ball State · W 56–3; defense 88.2 percentile2014 defense season mean: 64.2 percentile2015 defense season mean: 79.5 percentile2016 defense season mean: 88.5 percentile2017 defense season mean: 87.7 percentile2018 defense season mean: 61.2 percentile2019 defense season mean: 89.6 percentile2020 defense season mean: 62.0 percentile2021 defense season mean: 59.3 percentile2022 defense season mean: 74.1 percentile2023 defense season mean: 83.1 percentile2024 defense season mean: 84.7 percentile2025 defense season mean: 94.0 percentile2026 defense Bayesian estimate: 93.5 percentile2026 defense empirical mean: 88.2 percentile2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Individual gameSeason bar · 2026 is the estimate2026 empirical meanCoaching-era band
2018Urban Meyer / Ryan Day
2019Ryan Day

How to read 2026

The current-season estimate intelligently blends last season with new data.

The 2026 estimate is a Bayesian weighted average of normal-score Z-values. The 2025 season mean counts like 8 games of prior evidence; each completed 2026 game counts once. The result is then translated back to the 0–100 percentile scale.

2026 Z = (8 × 2025 mean Z + games played × 2026 mean Z) ÷ (8 + games played)

Season record

Every annual grade and coach

Retrospective rows average the available single-game grades in normal-score space. The result is shown as a percentile. Roughly speaking, a 95th-percentile season corresponds to about the eighth-best team in a 160-team field.

SeasonHead coachGamesOffenseDefense
2026Live estimateRyan Day1
84.6 estimate92.3 games-only average
93.5 estimate88.2 games-only average
2025Ryan Day1483.494.0
2024Ryan Day1384.384.7
2023Ryan Day1380.583.1
2022Ryan Day1392.574.1
2021Ryan Day1394.959.3
2020Ryan Day891.762.0
2019Ryan DayCoaching change1497.289.6
2018Urban Meyer / Ryan DayCoaching change1479.861.2
2017Urban Meyer1491.087.7
2016Urban Meyer1382.288.5
2015Urban Meyer1378.679.5
2014Urban Meyer1591.464.2