Big Ten
The 2018 season's largest margin: Ohio State 52, Rutgers 3. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2018 — The Top-10 Year
Ohio State finished 2018 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
Won the Rose Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Dwayne HaskinsQB4,751 passing yards
- J.K. DobbinsRB1,053 rushing yards
- Mike WeberRB954 rushing yards
- Parris CampbellWR983 receiving yards
- K.J. HillWR885 receiving yards
- Terry McLaurinWR701 receiving yards
- Jordan FullerS81 tackles
- Malik HarrisonLB81 tackles
- Tuf BorlandLB67 tackles
- Chase YoungDE9.5 sacks
- Dre'Mont JonesDT8.5 sacks
- Nick BosaDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio State 20, Purdue 49. A 29-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio State beat Washington 28-23 in the postseason.
"The standard is the standard."
2018 is a middle chapter for Ohio State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.