#4 Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State Buckeyes were 10-1 in 1974. They fell to the USC Trojans, 18 to 17, in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1975.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Wed 1/1	@	USC	L 17-18
Sat 11/23	vs	MICH	W 12-10
Sat 11/16	@	IOWA	W 35-10
Sat 11/9	@	MSU	L 13-16
Sat 11/2	vs	ILL	W 49-7

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

846

Greene

RUSH YDS

1,620

Griffin

REC YDS

272

Hazel

1974 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Michigan	7-1	10-1
1	Ohio State	7-1	10-2
	Michigan State	6-1-1	7-3-1
	Wisconsin	5-3	7-4
	Illinois	4-3-1	6-4-1

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1974 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	420	4,966	783	6.3	4,006	685	5.8	960	98	9.8
Team Rank		2nd	2nd	51st	1st	2nd	6th	2nd	106th	126th	3rd
Opponent	11	111	3,301		4.3	2,024	541	3.7	1,277	231	5.5
Opponent Rank		56th	43rd		42nd	50th	44th	57th	58th	98th	20th
Net		+309	+1,665	+783	+2.1	+1,982	+144	+2.1	-317	-133	+4.3
Net Rank		2nd	7th	51st	4th	5th	13th	5th	96th	128th	1st

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,086

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

322.9

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	5	.500
4	San Diego State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	8	2	.800
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Penn State	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	7	.300
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	7	.300

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	3	.700
4	Texas	8	2	.800
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	LSU	6	4	.600
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	6	4	.600
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	6	.400
10	Marshall	5	5	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	5	5	.500
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	2	.800
2	Wyoming	7	3	.700
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	San Jose State	5	6	.455
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	3	.700
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	8	2	.800
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400