Coming off a tough loss to 12th-ranked North Carolina, Ohio State bounced back with a dominant 89–63 win over visiting Grambling to close out the 2025 calendar year at 9–3. Despite 14 first-half turnovers, the Buckeyes used a 16–4 run to end the first half with a 15-point lead and a 20–6 stretch midway through the second half to put
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Ohio State battled back from an 11 point deficit to take a 3 point lead with less than a minute to play, but North Carolina scored the final 4, taking advantage of a late Buckeye turnover and survived a buzzer beating shot by Ohio State to survive the upset minded Buckeyes 71-70 in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta dropping
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A Bruce Thornton leaner in the paint with just over 3 seconds to play in double-overtime capped an incredible comeback to give Ohio State a 89-88 win in double overtime. Bruce Thornton scored 12 of his 21 points after regulation, willing Ohio State to an almost improbable victory improving the Buckeyes to 8-2 while dropping West Virginia to 8-4. Down
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Bruce Thornton’s dominant first half kept Ohio State close, and despite trailing for all but three minutes, the Buckeyes remained within striking distance late in the game, cutting the deficit to three with just over a minute remaining. However, 13th-ranked Illinois used their size and balanced attack to withstand every Ohio State surge, pulling out an 88–80 road victory in
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Ohio State’s Big Ten opener was a successful one, as the Buckeyes snapped a three-game skid against Northwestern with a hard-fought 86–82 road win in Evanston, improving to 7–1 overall and 1–0 in conference play. After trailing by four at the break and falling behind by eight early in the second half, Ohio State surged ahead with a 16–7 run
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Last Week: Ohio State was able to do what they have not been able to do this decade, take care of business against the Wolverines. The 27-9 victory has not shut up the Michigan fans like I thought it might but I think it may just show they are still working to look for things to distract their reality that they
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Ohio State just landed the kind of commitment that sends a shockwave through the entire college football landscape. Five-star wide receiver Chris Henry Jr., one of the most gifted prospects in the 2026 class and a name already etched into recruiting lore, announced Sunday that he’s officially a Buckeye. Long considered the crown jewel of Brian Hartline’s board, Henry’s pledge reinforces Ohio State’s grip on the title of Wide Receiver U and gives the Buckeyes yet another generational talent to build their future around. This is more than a commitment — this is a statement about where the program is headed.
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Lucas Oil Stadium isn’t just hosting a trophy game on Saturday night – it’s hosting a reckoning. No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana arrive in Indianapolis as the last two unbeaten teams in college football, mirror images on paper but built from very different histories. The Buckeyes are chasing their first Big Ten title since 2020 and a chance to pair fresh Gold Pants with fresh rings; the upstart Hoosiers are trying to end a 58-year conference drought and steal the Heisman spotlight in the process. One program is defending a standard. The other is trying to rewrite its story in four quarters.
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Ohio State is back in Indianapolis for the first time since 2020, and Indiana arrives for the first time in program history — a storyline no one would have circled back in August, yet here we are. The undefeated Buckeyes meet the undefeated Hoosiers in a Big Ten title game that feels equal parts historic, bizarre, and oddly compelling. Indiana has scratched and clawed through every game on its schedule, while Ohio State has spent the season dismantling nearly everyone in its path. Now, with a playoff bye and a shot at back-to-back national titles on the line, the Buckeyes enter Lucas Oil as heavy favorites — but championship night always seems to create a little chaos.
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With rivalry weekend in the books and the penultimate CFP rankings looming, the playoff picture is beginning to harden at the top — and not in a way that offers much comfort to the teams outside the top twelve. Ohio State and Indiana continue to sit on a collision course in the Big Ten title game, Georgia and Texas Tech remain firmly in the top four mix, and Alabama’s late-season chaos magic refuses to fade. With 11 of the committee’s top 12 teams winning during Rivalry Week, movement will be subtle — but the stakes have never been higher. Here’s how Buckeye50 projects the field as we head into the committee’s most revealing ranking of the season.
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