The Ohio State Buckeyes were left outside the projected College Football Playoff field in the first 2026 rankings, with the program placed No. 12 and currently the first team out of the 12-team bracket.
The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2026 season created a surprising scenario that could confuse fans evaluating the projected postseason field.
The wait is over. The College Football Playoff selection committee has released its first rankings of the 2026 season, giving fans the first real look at which teams are in the picture for a place in the 12-team tournament.
Ohio State dropped all the way to No. 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings, leaving the Buckeyes as the first team out.
Notre Dame had better beat No. 1 Miami on Saturday night.
OSU is now 6-2 after a loss to the unranked USC Trojans, and another loss could push the Buckeyes right out of the College Football Playoff.
Coming off of a loss to USC, Ohio State has their initial spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings. The Ohio State Buckeyes didn’t pick a great time to drop game No.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are still in search of a running back after missing on David Gabriel Georges. Saturday’s game against Oregon will bring a running back committed elsewhere, and the Buckeyes are trying to flip him.
The standard is the standard at programs like Ohio State, and Ryan Day knows it. With two losses on the season to Texas and USC, the Buckeyes are sitting in a precarious situation with just four weeks left in the regular season.
BYU began the men’s college basketball season with one of opening night’s most impressive offensive performances, defeating No. 18 Ohio State 94-83 in Salt Lake City.
Coming off a crushing 30-18 loss against USC on Saturday, Ryan Day has a lot of tough decisions to make going forward if he wants his team to still have a chance at the college football playoffs.
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The US LBM Coaches Poll shook up again on Sunday as the Ohio State Buckeyes fell from their high ranking. The team lost 30-18 to the USC Trojans on Saturday night in a game that exposed major flaws.
Ohio State dropped out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in five years, UCLA entered the top five for the first time in 25 years, and New Mexico earned the first ranking in program history.
The win keeps USC's College Football Playoff hopes alive.
There weren’t any insane upsets to throw the Week 10 Coaches Poll completely out of whack, but Ohio State’s loss to USC will shake up the entire top 25.
In a 2026 college football season full of surprise upsets and drastic changes all across the rankings , the last weekend of October provided its own brand of chaos.
For the fourth week in a row, one of the top-two teams in the country has lost.
The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes will need to have a superb second half against Big Ten rival USC if they want to remain the No. 2 team in the country next week.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have to go on the road to play the USC Trojans on Saturday in a pivotal Big Ten game. Ohio State is coming off its bye week, and the Buckeyes will likely start true freshman quarterback Luke Fahey, while five-star Tavien St.
Players like Khalil Mack, Tuli Tuipulotu, Dalvin Tomlinson and Donte Jackson, to name a few, have been thrown around in numerous trade rumors.
Former Ohio State University goaltender Sean Romeo has passed away at the age of 31.
The 2027 NFL Draft is still months away, but you'd never know it by the buzz that's going around the NFL about which of the current college players will get scooped up by teams that are already pretty much done for the 2026-27 season.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have suffered a massive injury blow at a critical time in their 2026 season.
Week 7 reminded everyone why college football is so much fun to follow.
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