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Ohio State tops group of four national title favorites
Ohio State is a slight favorite to win the national championship ahead of the first full week of regular-season action in the 2026 college football season.,The Buckeyes are being offered at +600 to win the College Football Playoff at BetMGM, where they are followed closely by Notre Dame, Oregon and ...
'We're not intimidated at all': Ball State gears up for No. 1 Ohio State
Coaches give the impression that they are never satisfied, and Ohio State head coach Ryan Day professes to be no different when assessing his top-ranked team, despite having Heisman Trophy hopefuls in quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, plus an abundance of talent elsewhere th...
Ohio State Is No. 1 Again, But Its 2026 Schedule Is Absolutely Brutal
Ohio State begins 2026 ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll. Here's a look at the Buckeyes' roster, key questions and brutal upcoming schedule....
Ohio State No. 1, Oregon No. 2 in preseason AP Top 25 poll
For the first time in 65 years and only the second time ever, the Big Ten Conference boasts the top two teams in the AP preseason Top 25 poll with Ohio State ranked No. 1 and Oregon No. 2.,The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes to gain the No. 1 spot for the ninth time overall and the first time...
Ohio State football to hold Senior Day before season opener
Ohio State football has moved its 2026 Senior Day from the end of the season to the beginning.,The Buckeyes will honor their seniors before the Week 1 home opener against Ball State on Sept. 5 in Columbus.,Former head coach Jim Tressel, who won the BCS National Championship with the Buckeyes in 2002...
Top QB prospect Christopher Vargas commits to Ohio State
Ohio State got a commitment Saturday from five-star prospect Christopher Vargas, ranked among the top quarterbacks in the Class of 2028.,Vargas, entering his junior season at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass., selected the Buckeyes over Michigan, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Bost...
Ohio State tops coaches poll; defending champ Indiana out of top 5
Defending College Football Playoff champion Indiana, coming off an undefeated season, is not the Big Ten conference member at the top of the preseason coaches poll.,Instead, it is Ohio State that was voted No. 1 in the poll, according to results released Tuesday by USA Today.,Another Big Ten program...
Big 10 Preseason Rankings: Which Teams Are Overrated and Underrated?
Which Big 10 teams are overrated or underrated entering 2026? We break down Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, Michigan, USC and more....
Ohio State Reloads for 2026 With Brutal Schedule Ahead
Ohio State reloads for 2026, but a brutal schedule featuring Texas, Indiana, USC, Oregon and Michigan could test the Buckeyes’ CFP hopes....
Big Ten notebook: Ryan Day focuses on small margins for Ohio State
Ohio State began last season with 12 consecutive victories and ended it with two losses that changed the way the year will be remembered.,Ryan Day is not interested in overreacting to either stretch.,The Buckeyes followed a national championship with a trip to the Big Ten title game last season, whe...
Ohio State signs record $17M jersey patch deal with Chase
Ohio State announced a lucrative jersey patch agreement with the banking institution JPMorganChase on Tuesday.,The record-setting deal is worth a reported $17 million per year and includes patches for all 36 Buckeyes teams.,Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said in a news release that the part...
Top WR Jett Harrison, son of Hall of Famer, commits to Ohio State
Ohio State football is off to a strong start in recruiting the Class of 2028, adding the nation's No. 2 wide receiver.,That's Jett Harrison, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison Sr. Jett's older brother, also named Marvin, starred at Ohio State and was a first-round dra...
Ohio State to add Jim Tressel to Ring of Honor
National championship-winning head coach Jim Tressel will be inducted into Ohio State's Ring of Honor on Sept. 5.,Tressel, who coached the Buckeyes from 2001-10 and won a national title in 2002, will join Woody Hayes and Paul Brown as the only coaches so honored at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.,He will ...
Big Ten distributes $1.37 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2024-25
After recent expansion and success in the College Football Playoffs following the 2024 season, the Big Ten Conference announced a record $1.37 billion distribution to its 18 league members for the 2024-25 fiscal year.,The Big Ten became the second conference to reach the $1 billion plateau. The Sout...
Four-star 2027 QB prospect Wonderful Monds IV commits to Notre Dame
Four-star 2027 quarterback prospect Wonderful Monds IV announced his commitment to Notre Dame on ESPN's Pat McAfee Show Friday afternoon.,Monds, who hails from Vero Beach, Fla, chose the Fighting Irish over Florida State and Ohio State. He ranks as the No. 264 overall prospect and No. 20 quarterback...
Raiders pick No. 1, then Ohio State draft takeover begins
Ohio State is not the reigning national champion in college football, and the Buckeyes are not expected to produce a fourth No. 1 overall selection when the 2026 NFL Draft kicks off with the Las Vegas Raiders on the clock Thursday night. ,But you can bet your most sacred scarlet that the Buckeyes ar...
Cal G Justin Pippen returns to Big Ten with transfer to Ohio State
Justin Pippen, the son of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, is transferring to Ohio State after a breakout season at Cal.,The guard announced the news on his Instagram account Friday. It's a return to the Big Ten on the opposite end of a rivalry for the rising junior, who signed with Michigan as a fresh...
Alabama, Ohio State pro days draw decision-makers by the dozen
Decision-makers flocked to Columbus for Ohio State's annual pro day on Wednesday with more than a dozen general managers and head coaches confirmed in attendance to see the Buckeyes strut their stuff. ,A flex for the pro pipeline developed by head coach Ryan Day and his well-paid coaching staff, the...
Women's NCAA Fort Worth 1 roundup: No. 1 Connecticut opens title defense by routing UTSA
Sarah Strong scored a game-high 18 points Saturday and top-seeded Connecticut cruised to a 90-52 rout of 16th-seeded UTSA in the first round of the Fort Worth Region 1 in Storrs, Conn.,Three other players finished in double figures for the defending NCAA champion Huskies (35-0), who advanced to a se...
Women's NCAA Fort Worth 1 roundup: No. 3 Ohio State cruises past No. 14 Howard
Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 points and sister Kennedy Cambridge added 11 points with seven rebounds as No. 3 seed Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 first-round victory over No. 14 Howard in a Fort Worth Region 1 game at Columbus, Ohio.,Chance Gray and Ava Watson also scored 11 points each and Elsa Lemmila...