ohio state football record last 10 years against top 25 opponent

The Ohio State Buckeyes have a 38-14 record against the AP top 25 between September 27, 2016 and September 27, 2026.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Ohio State	10/15/2016	1-0	OSU	@	WIS	W 30-23	1.000	3	23	411	450	40.0	100.0
2	Ohio State	11/5/2016	1-0	OSU	vs	NEB	W 62-3	1.000	8	34	590	204	73.3	100.0
3	Ohio State	11/26/2016	1-0	OSU	vs	MICH	W 30-27	1.000	4	23	330	310	18.8	66.7
4	Ohio State	12/31/2016	0-1	OSU	@	CLEM	L 0-31	.000	0	9	215	470	21.4	0.0
5	Ohio State	9/9/2017	0-1	OSU	vs	OKLA	L 16-31	.000	1	21	350	490	46.7	0.0
6	Ohio State	10/28/2017	1-0	OSU	vs	PSU	W 39-38	1.000	5	27	529	283	41.7	0.0
7	Ohio State	11/11/2017	1-0	OSU	vs	MSU	W 48-3	1.000	6	25	524	195	58.3
8	Ohio State	12/2/2017	1-0	OSU	@	WIS	W 27-21	1.000	3	16	449	298	37.5	100.0
9	Ohio State	12/29/2017	1-0	OSU	vs	USC	W 24-7	1.000	3	13	277	413	16.7	50.0
10	Ohio State	9/15/2018	1-0	OSU	@	TCU	W 40-28	1.000	5	29	526	511	33.3
11	Ohio State	9/29/2018	1-0	OSU	@	PSU	W 27-26	1.000	4	21	389	492	23.5	50.0
12	Ohio State	11/10/2018	1-0	OSU	@	MSU	W 26-6	1.000	3	22	347	274	33.3
13	Ohio State	11/24/2018	1-0	OSU	vs	MICH	W 62-39	1.000	9	28	567	401	45.5
14	Ohio State	12/1/2018	1-0	OSU	vs	NW	W 45-24	1.000	6	31	607	418	55.6	100.0
15	Ohio State	1/1/2019	1-0	OSU	vs	WASH	W 28-23	1.000	4	22	364	444	23.1	100.0
16	Ohio State	10/5/2019	1-0	OSU	vs	MSU	W 34-10	1.000	4	22	529	285	53.3
17	Ohio State	10/26/2019	1-0	OSU	vs	WIS	W 38-7	1.000	5	24	431	191	64.3
18	Ohio State	11/23/2019	1-0	OSU	vs	PSU	W 28-17	1.000	4	27	417	227	53.8	66.7
19	Ohio State	11/30/2019	1-0	OSU	@	MICH	W 56-27	1.000	8	28	577	396	60.0	0.0
20	Ohio State	12/7/2019	1-0	OSU	@	WIS	W 34-21	1.000	4	28	492	432	42.9	66.7
21	Ohio State	12/28/2019	0-1	OSU	vs	CLEM	L 23-29	.000	2	28	516	417	38.9	100.0
22	Ohio State	10/31/2020	1-0	OSU	@	PSU	W 38-25	1.000	5	24	526	325	55.6	66.7
23	Ohio State	11/21/2020	1-0	OSU	vs	IND	W 42-35	1.000	6	27	607	490	50.0	0.0
24	Ohio State	12/19/2020	1-0	OSU	vs	NW	W 22-10	1.000	2	24	513	329	36.4
25	Ohio State	1/1/2021	1-0	OSU	@	CLEM	W 49-28	1.000	7	26	639	444	41.7
	Average							.731	3.9	22.5	440.5	361.5	42.5	0.0
	Total		38-14					.731	204	1,172	22,905	18,800	42.5	59.4

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,206

Sayin

RUSH

283

Jackson

REC

617

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

45.0

6th

OPP PPG

12.3

12th

RUSH YDS/G

156.8

85th

PASS YDS/G

365.3

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Nebraska	1-0	4-0
5	Minnesota	1-0	3-1
6	Ohio State	1-0	3-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1
8	Wisconsin	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

2 - 2

Final

Ohio State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250