Ohio State will open its season against Ball State on Saturday, marking the official end of fall camp. Many players made their mark for the Buckeyes during August, but a few took a step back.
The Detroit Lions waived former Ohio State center Seth McLaughlin this week, opening a 53-man roster spot less than two weeks before the regular-season opener (per the NFL.com transaction log).
Very few college football teams have a projected 100 percent chance to win their games across the Week 1 schedule, but Ohio State is one of them. That’s according to the SP+ college football prediction model, which forecasts that th e preseason No.
Ohio State’s offensive line spent most of last season keeping quarterback Julian Sayin remarkably clean. Then everything changed in the Buckeyes’ two biggest games.
Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day has never had a losing season. In fact, he's never even gotten close. Day is simply judged on a "championship-or-bust" scale and that remains true once again in 2026.
Legend Bey is clearly going to be important for Ohio State in 2026, as Ryan Day’s comments all but solidifies his status. The Ohio State Buckeyes scratched and clawed to get freshman Legend Bey to Columbus, and now the former Tennessee flip is set to make an immediate impact.
The Tennessee Vols are hoping to flip five-star EDGE DJ Jacobs from the Ohio State Buckeyes, and it sounds like UT has a real chance. Tennessee’s pursuit of 2027 five-star EDGE DJ Jacobs, an Ohio State commit since last December, has Buckeyes fans in panic mode.
Ohio State will kick off its 2026 season on Saturday vs. Ball State at 12:30 p.m. ET at Ohio Stadium, and the Buckeyes have high expectations to win the national championship.
Ohio State will begin the 2026 college football season Saturday against Ball State before facing a much tougher opponent at Texas one week later. The main question heading into that Week 2 matchup, with one game between, will be how Ryan Day intends to deploy his loaded offense.
Ryan Day’s high praise of Devin McCuin has earned him national attention before he even steps on the gridiron. Rivals are taking notice, as he is already being talked about as one of the team’s most dangerous offensive weapons.
Ohio State has taken another step forward in its pursuit of one of the more intriguing wide receivers in the 2028 class. Four-star prospect Malachi Lee recently trimmed his list to a final 12, and the Buckeyes made the cut alongside Oregon, Michigan, Nebraska, USC, Texas A&M, Rutgers, Miami, Virginia Tech, UCLA, Florida, and Arizona State.
The Staples Wreckers of Westport, Connecticut just added an extremely valuable weapon to their coaching staff. That would be former Ohio State Buckeyes' championship-winning quarterback Cardale Jones.
Ohio State will open the season against Ball State on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Ohio Stadium. Ahead of the season opener, Ryan Day previewed what to expect from the Buckeyes in Week 1.
Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Cardale Jones has put playing football in his rearview mirror. As the 2026 football season gets underway, the former national champion is moving on to a new career as a coach.
The Ohio State Buckeyes kick off their season at 12:30 p.m. ET in Columbus Saturday against Ball State. After a nonconference schedule that includes a trip to Austin to rematch the Texas Longhorns in Week 2, the Buckeyes' schedule ramps up when Big Ten play gets underway later this month.
Ohio State will welcome in a major 5-star target for two of its biggest games this season. The Ohio State Buckeyes have no plans of slowing down their wide receiver recruiting pipeline, even with Brian Hartline no longer in the picture.
The Ohio State Buckeyes’ Big Ten battle with Illinois just became a bit more important. The Ohio State Buckeyes have the majority of their work done in
Kyle McCord was traded across the NFL on Sunday and the storyline goes deeper invoking another former Ohio State player. NFL roster cutdowns over the weekend brought plenty of storylines for former Ohio State football players, but none stranger than what happened with former Buckeye quarterbacks Quinn Ewers and Kyle McCord.
OSU's top wideout and (likely) the best player in the nation shouted out freshman running back Legend Bey.
Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day are coming from a place of strength. They finished last season with a 12-2 record and reached the College Football Playoff.
In case there were any doubts that Jeremiah Smith will seamlessly transition to the NFL, worry no more.
Talent-wise, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Big Ten program that has boasted more superstars, though. In fact, in a recent All-Decade team published by Diare Carragher of PFF, the Buckeyes were extremely well represented.
There's a world in which Jett Harrison, the youngest Harrison, is better than both his older brother and perhaps even better than his Hall of Fame dad.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are going into the new college football season with the kind of expectation that comes with being ranked No. 1 before playing a single game.
The expanded College Football Playoff has made the regular season more forgiving, which was one of the strongest arguments for moving beyond four teams.
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