Ohio State Buckeyes college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Ohio State are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Ohio State Buckeyes teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Ohio State football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Ohio State football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.567	3 - 9	3	9.01	5	0.85	6	13486	5	159.13	3	0.80	7	58.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	97.63	7	17.35	N/A	N/A	3	94.43	6	1.54
2020	0.790	7 - 0	2	9.65	12	0.80	1	22997	N/A	N/A	2	0.88	N/A	N/A	2	1.65	2	0.69	4	73.84	4	0.17	1	106.28	2	22.48	N/A	N/A	5	90.07	1	2.37
2019	0.825	13 - 1	3	2.53	2	0.94	2	39471	1	163.54	2	0.86	2	67.65	2	2.05	2	0.69	2	84.16	2	0.19	3	98.08	2	24.51	2	1.02	2	96.67	2	2.23
2018	0.736	13 - 1	3	2.33	5	0.85	6	28857	4	158.61	4	0.75	4	60.46	4	1.69	4	0.66	7	66.86	4	0.13	5	86.84	4	18.77	4	0.95	3	85.89	6	1.57
2017	0.756	12 - 2	3	2.43	4	0.88	4	32689	5	158.30	6	0.76	4	62.49	5	1.74	5	0.66	4	73.09	6	0.15	3	92.09	5	20.55	5	0.95	3	79.18	4	1.81
2016	0.760	11 - 2	6	2.22	3	0.85	3	33561	3	157.71	3	0.80	2	62.92	3	1.68	3	0.66	3	97.70	3	0.14	4	88.75	3	19.75	3	0.94	3	76.77	3	1.77
2015	0.775	12 - 1	3	2.49	3	0.89	3	33319	2	159.68	3	0.82	3	63.78	3	1.67	3	0.67	2	95.79	3	0.15	2	90.83	3	19.31	3	0.97	2	79.87	3	1.85
2014	0.825	14 - 1	1	2.57	1	0.90	1	35235	1	160.08	1	0.88	1	67.35	1	1.97	1	0.69	1	99.25	1	0.20	1	101.34	1	23.68	1	1.02	1	86.26	1	2.04
2013	0.699	12 - 2	19	2.10	10	0.80	16	26292	13	147.75	12	0.71	15	55.68	12	1.33	12	0.63	6	88.69	9	0.11	14	82.51	14	15.26	12	0.87	5	74.16	11	1.45
2012	0.726	12 - 0	11	2.18	10	0.82	6	33934	9	106.50	4	0.82	5	62.51	2	1.87	3	0.67	13	85.39	6	0.15	15	80.43	4	20.36	2	1.00	3	78.61	4	1.95
2011	0.483	6 - 7	48	1.66	54	0.57	52	23128	53	87.89	50	0.48	64	38.86	60	0.01	62	0.51	49	72.08	72	0.02	38	71.02	57	0.60	65	0.49	65	34.57	58	0.04
2010	0.723	12 - 1	6	2.56	6	0.85	7	30570	8	100.53	4	0.79	7	60.76	6	1.65	4	0.66	5	90.50	6	0.13	8	87.19	6	18.48	5	0.94	6	83.81	4	1.72
2009	0.688	11 - 2	7	2.29	8	0.85	5	31879	5	102.18	7	0.75	6	58.38	8	1.33	8	0.64	8	87.51	8	0.12	7	84.84	7	14.36	7	0.89	7	71.12	9	1.47
2008	0.662	10 - 3	12	2.22	11	0.77	11	33265	12	104.33	14	0.67	12	54.99	12	1.12	12	0.62	12	86.65	12	0.10	7	87.57	11	13.03	12	0.81	11	67.80	12	1.40
2007	0.672	11 - 2	9	2.13	7	0.80	6	31384	3	102.53	11	0.71	6	56.01	6	1.35	6	0.62	9	86.07	6	0.11	10	83.58	7	15.02	7	0.85	4	70.07	6	1.48
2006	0.736	12 - 1	5	2.29	4	0.89	3	34713	3	108.67	5	0.78	3	62.34	3	1.78	4	0.66	7	89.39	4	0.15	4	86.92	3	20.11	4	0.95	3	80.15	4	1.88
2005	0.736	10 - 2	3	2.47	4	0.86	4	38135	2	115.44	5	0.80	3	60.92	4	1.56	4	0.65	3	96.36	5	0.13	3	91.90	4	18.19	4	0.93	4	74.15	4	1.75
2004	0.598	8 - 4	19	1.91	23	0.71	23	29725	24	102.65	17	0.68	23	47.94	22	0.73	22	0.58	25	79.59	26	0.05	12	81.73	23	8.39	21	0.72	25	55.34	20	0.93
2003	0.697	11 - 2	9	2.14	8	0.80	4	33788	4	106.75	3	0.78	3	60.68	5	1.47	3	0.65	8	87.86	3	0.13	9	79.35	7	16.08	3	0.92	7	74.83	5	1.61
2002	0.812	14 - 0	1	2.46	1	0.92	2	34513	2	139.18	1	0.86	1	67.23	1	2.26	1	0.70	1	97.56	1	0.21	2	89.63	1	25.26	1	1.06	1	87.61	1	2.12
2001	0.560	7 - 5	30	1.89	37	0.64	33	28584	31	123.58	34	0.57	41	43.38	40	0.37	42	0.54	31	78.68	48	0.03	19	73.03	35	5.29	40	0.61	37	46.75	44	-0.09
2000	0.597	8 - 4	38	1.77	19	0.71	18	29591	18	124.44	15	0.65	26	47.40	25	0.69	25	0.57	23	80.68	27	0.05	23	70.84	23	8.15	25	0.71	24	58.07	24	0.87
1999	0.544	6 - 6	23	1.89	38	0.62	32	26530	29	108.81	32	0.56	37	42.70	35	0.38	36	0.54	27	78.49	46	0.03	34	68.00	29	6.54	40	0.59	45	46.35	30	0.59
1998	0.752	11 - 1	2	2.45	2	0.90	2	17352	2	125.97	2	0.83	6	60.03	2	1.62	2	0.66	2	95.38	3	0.14	3	88.00	2	19.81	2	0.97	2	103.45	3	1.80
1997	0.662	10 - 3	13	2.25	12	0.81	15	10056	14	118.39	15	0.69	12	55.47	12	1.11	13	0.61	13	87.41	13	0.07	5	86.00	12	13.80	14	0.80	8	86.91	12	1.29
1996	0.771	11 - 1	2	2.58	1	0.91	3	19196	2	127.59	2	0.85	3	62.96	3	1.77	3	0.67	2	97.03	2	0.16	5	88.00	3	22.12	3	0.99	2	102.55	3	1.96
1995	0.723	11 - 2	6	2.40	3	0.87	2	17675	3	126.52	3	0.82	7	57.67	5	1.54	6	0.64	5	92.85	7	0.11	4	87.00	4	19.01	6	0.92	7	89.07	8	1.53
1994	0.608	9 - 4	10	2.09	13	0.77	13	9327	11	117.45	15	0.65	17	48.84	15	0.92	16	0.59	10	87.26	18	0.06	10	82.00	14	11.82	17	0.75	14	43.30	17	1.04
1993	0.692	10 - 1 - 1	9	2.25	5	0.84	4	15705	4	123.40	3	0.82	7	58.10	7	1.53	7	0.65	4	92.16	7	0.14	23	77.00	7	17.32	6	0.93	7	55.56	7	1.55
1992	0.620	8 - 3 - 1	16	1.96	14	0.76	15	11066	14	115.22	11	0.71	21	48.43	19	0.90	17	0.59	23	82.52	17	0.07	17	76.00	16	9.98	19	0.76	N/A	N/A	17	0.98
1991	0.558	8 - 4	28	1.82	34	0.63	26	8505	28	109.06	28	0.58	26	48.30	28	0.59	30	0.56	29	78.24	32	0.04	25	73.00	28	6.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	0.73
1990	0.539	7 - 4 - 1	37	1.76	32	0.66	36	5326	35	109.37	37	0.54	42	42.77	37	0.41	40	0.54	36	75.68	46	0.03	29	72.00	39	5.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	38	0.46
1989	0.558	8 - 4	28	1.80	32	0.64	27	5925	27	110.27	26	0.59	27	47.24	27	0.65	29	0.56	28	75.62	32	0.04	25	73.00	27	7.33	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	24	0.85
1988	0.461	4 - 6 - 1	50	1.59	60	0.50	60	-1585	55	99.79	67	0.36	67	33.78	60	-0.12	64	0.48	52	74.68	68	0.01	39	68.00	52	-0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	72	-0.53
1987	0.560	6 - 4 - 1	26	1.78	28	0.66	22	6743	25	110.32	23	0.61	28	45.22	29	0.52	30	0.56	20	82.37	31	0.04	26	72.00	26	6.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	34	0.58
1986	0.638	10 - 3	9	2.13	12	0.77	17	8428	13	117.14	12	0.71	9	53.99	9	1.13	12	0.61	13	85.33	13	0.08	8	82.00	13	12.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	1.24
1985	0.638	9 - 3	18	2.06	15	0.79	11	10775	14	118.43	12	0.74	11	55.32	16	1.05	14	0.61	15	85.10	18	0.08	21	76.00	14	12.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20	1.10
1984	0.597	9 - 3	21	1.89	13	0.74	19	7756	20	115.34	12	0.68	19	48.43	17	0.87	23	0.57	21	83.82	25	0.05	11	76.00	20	9.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	0.95
1983	0.628	9 - 3	11	2.08	15	0.75	14	9953	12	119.55	14	0.68	12	52.98	14	1.01	16	0.59	13	87.11	22	0.06	8	80.00	13	12.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	1.18
1982	0.606	9 - 3	11	2.20	24	0.73	22	7660	28	114.31	17	0.68	24	48.51	21	0.80	25	0.58	32	81.34	25	0.05	4	82.00	22	9.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	25	0.88
1981	0.605	9 - 3	23	1.81	19	0.74	19	9204	19	116.97	15	0.72	22	49.73	20	0.91	18	0.59	20	83.73	23	0.06	20	74.00	18	10.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	0.89
1980	0.614	9 - 3	17	2.06	18	0.76	17	9957	17	118.68	21	0.66	19	49.94	19	0.96	19	0.59	24	80.75	20	0.06	12	78.00	19	11.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	1.16
1979	0.725	11 - 1	6	2.34	4	0.89	4	16319	5	129.71	6	0.81	N/A	N/A	6	1.61	6	0.64	6	91.04	10	0.11	3	85.00	6	19.58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.60
1978	0.560	7 - 4 - 1	26	1.88	38	0.66	25	8060	29	113.53	38	0.55	35	44.66	40	0.51	42	0.54	25	80.54	44	0.04	19	74.00	29	7.83	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	0.77
1977	0.633	9 - 3	11	2.10	11	0.81	14	11585	10	125.24	14	0.71	17	51.53	19	1.00	18	0.59	10	88.14	26	0.06	13	79.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	1.18
1976	0.666	9 - 2 - 1	4	2.18	8	0.81	12	12395	8	125.65	3	0.83	15	52.44	10	1.25	6	0.62	11	86.38	6	0.10	6	83.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.37
1975	0.725	11 - 1	3	2.36	3	0.92	2	17656	2	130.94	3	0.84	3	60.29	3	1.68	3	0.65	2	96.73	4	0.13	4	87.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	1.77
1974	0.674	10 - 2	5	2.34	7	0.85	6	14833	6	126.58	7	0.76	10	53.00	8	1.27	11	0.61	4	90.90	12	0.08	2	90.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.38
1973	0.741	10 - 0 - 1	2	2.83	4	0.93	4	18063	4	134.34	6	0.87	9	59.34	6	1.68	8	0.65	1	101.54	7	0.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	1.58
1972	0.648	9 - 2	14	1.98	11	0.82	9	14438	10	125.05	11	0.73	11	55.78	13	1.25	13	0.61	9	88.90	15	0.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	1.30
1971	0.532	6 - 4	21	1.80	28	0.64	25	6662	24	113.81	27	0.61	39	41.07	34	0.37	36	0.53	27	77.42	41	0.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	34	0.63
1970	0.691	9 - 1	5	2.42	9	0.82	5	16450	5	131.72	7	0.79	9	58.35	8	1.43	8	0.64	5	91.80	7	0.11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.62