Ohio State has produced a long line of elite wide receivers, and Jeremiah Smith arrived as the best in the sport as a true freshman. His final college season might be his best yet.
Julian Sayin has been consistent for the Ohio State Buckeyes so far this season. He has looked relaxed and is playing carefree, which has helped him find success on the field.
Dave Portnoy and the Barstool crew have been kicked off the Big Noon Kickoff panel, and his belief is that Ohio State are responsible. Portnoy is the founder of Barstool Sports, one of the biggest independent sports media companies in the country today.
In Columbus, Marvin Harrison Jr. was never supposed to look ordinary. At Ohio State, he was the cleanest route runner in a receiver room that had spent a decade producing first-rounders, a Biletnikoff winner whose releases and hands made the position look solved.
Indiana is 5-0 and sitting at the top of the Big Ten picture. Ohio State follows with 4-1, with its only blemish coming in a game it appeared to have won before Texas stormed back in the fourth quarter.
Dave Portnoy did not quietly disappear from FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff. According to him, Ohio State wanted him gone, with Ryan Day sitting right at the center of the drama.
A former Ohio State football All-American has suffered a serious injury and will miss the remainder of the 2026 NFL season. Injuries have hit the NFL hard early in the 2026 season, and Monday was a rough day for former Ohio State Buckeyes in the league.
Former ESPN analyst Lee Corso pulled a Brutus Buckeye mascot head over his own 30 years ago Monday, and that pick outside Ohio Stadium grew into the signature segment of College GameDay for nearly three decades.
Jeremiah Smith added two more Ohio State Buckeyes records to his resume on Saturday, and the star receiver made clear that individual milestones should start catching nationwide attention and recognition.
Jeremiah Smith had another big day on Saturday. The Ohio State Buckeyes junior wide receiver had a big day en route to a blowout win over Iowa in a Top 25 matchup on Saturday afternoon.
The Ohio State Buckeyes picked up their fourth win of the season on Saturday, and now they’re soon going to have to make a calculated decision at a key spot.
Saturday afternoons in the fall still belong to college football, and the arguments that follow them tend to last longer than the games. Fans leave the stands comparing missed tackles, risky throws and the handful of players who looked faster than the coverage assigned to stop them.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have a long history of recruiting, developing and sending outstanding wide receivers to the NFL. There's a reason that Ohio State is often referred to as "Wide Receiver University," and that is likely to remain the case for quite some time.
Caitlin Clark is back in Iowa City on Saturday as No. 14 Iowa hosts No. 5 Ohio State in one of the biggest college football games of the weekend. The Indiana Fever star returned to her former college home for ESPN’s “College GameDay,” serving as the celebrity guest picker ahead of the Big Ten showdown.
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day showed his true character before Saturday’s game against Iowa. When the first quarter ends at every Iowa home game, every coach, player and fan at Kinnick Stadium waves towards the Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
Nick Saban, the seven-time national champion and ESPN College GameDay analyst, says No. 5 Ohio State's offense can push No. 14 Iowa into the one matchup the Hawkeyes want to avoid in Saturday's Big Ten clash at Kinnick Stadium.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark returns to Iowa City on Saturday as the guest picker for ESPN's College GameDay, giving the show a former Hawkeyes star for No.
Where is College GameDay this week? ESPN’s flagship college football program hits the road for the fifth time in the 2026 season, setting up in Big Ten country ahead of a critical conference matchup that finds two ranked teams on the same field in a formidable early test.
For fans in Columbus, the past few seasons watching the Buckeyes' defense has been a treat. So far in 2026, that has not been the case. This year's defense for the Buckeyes feels like it does not have that big hitter flying around the field like they did in 2024 and 2025.
It's early October, and it appears three things are all but guaranteed: Jeremiah Smith is a future star in the making at wide receiver, at least one touchdown per game is a given and the Ohio State Buckeyes will surely miss him when he more than likely declares ahead of next spring's NFL Draft.
Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes don't have much time to celebrate their Week 4 last-second win over the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House.
Nick Saban has seen greatness at the wide receiver position up close and personal.
Each week, Yardbarker spotlights college football stars, some of whom will be playing on NFL Sundays.
ESPN’s computer model kept the Ohio State Buckeyes as the No. 1 team in the country, even after a road loss to Texas. The Buckeyes remained in the No. 1 spot last week, following a blowout win over Kent State.
The No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes took care of business in Week 1 with a dominant 56-3 win over Ball State, strengthening their grip on the top spot ahead of a huge matchup with No. 4 Texas.
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