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Ohio State Buckeyes

2026 season

2nd in the Big Ten · 4-0 in the conference

Next: at USC · Oct 31→

The Ohio State Buckeyes are 6-1 in 2026, scoring 39.3 and allowing 13.4 points a game. Next: at USC Trojans on Oct 31, 2026.

OverviewScheduleStatsTrends

Season so fariEach game's final margin: green up = win, red down = loss; taller = bigger margin.◷History

6–1 · avg margin 25.9

+53BALL

-1@TEX

+56KENT

+23ILL

+17@IOWA

+29MD

+4@IU

OSU · bars scaled to the biggest margin (56).

Offense · strengths and weaknessesiOSU's offense: its four best and four worst league ranks (1 = best). Full list on the Stats tab.◷History

of 137 teams

▲ Strengths

Yards / pass attempt

10.7#1

Points added / pass?Expected points added per pass play.

+0.49#5

Explosive pass rate?Dropbacks gaining 20+ yards. All plays.

16.1%#7

Pass success rate

54%#8

▼ Weaknesses

Explosive rush rate?Rushes of 10+ yards. All plays.

10.8%#118

Rush explosiveness

0.84#110

Yards / rush

4.0#98

Points added / rush?Expected points added per rush.

+0.08#82

Defense · strengths and weaknessesiOSU's defense: its four best and four worst league ranks (1 = best). Full list on the Stats tab.◷History

of 137 teams

▲ Strengths

Yards / pass attempt

5.2#1

Pass success rate

32%#3

Explosive pass rate?Dropbacks gaining 20+ yards. All plays.

5.0%#4

Standard-down points added?Points added per play on standard downs (not obvious passing downs).

−0.16#4

▼ Weaknesses

Sack rate generated?Sacks per dropback. Lower is better for an offense; the defense column shows sacks they create.

3.4%#126

Pass explosiveness?Average points added on successful pass plays: how big the wins are.

1.64#105

Third-down conversion

38%#74

Stuff rate forced?Rushes stopped at or behind the line.

20%#53

How they playiHow the offense plays (pass rate, pace, formation): style, not good or bad.◷History

Pass rate

47%

Standard-down share

77%

Plays / game

61

Early-down pass rate

44%

Neutral-script pass rate

49%

Possession / game

32:07

RatingsiRating: points vs an average team. Talent: recruiting roster rating. Returning: share of last year's production back.

Rating 2026

+32.7

Rating 2025

+30.1

Talent

964

Returning

68%

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