Big Ten
The 2025 season's largest margin: Ohio State 70, Grambling 0. A 70-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Ohio State·Big Ten
2025 — The Top-10 Year
Ohio State finished 2025 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
Lost the Cotton Bowl Classic
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Julian SayinQB3,610 passing yards
- Bo JacksonRB1,090 rushing yards
- CJ DonaldsonRB361 rushing yards
- James PeoplesRB344 rushing yards
- Jeremiah SmithWR1,243 receiving yards
- Carnell TateWR875 receiving yards
- Max KlareTE448 receiving yards
- Sonny StylesLB83 tackles
- Arvell ReeseLB69 tackles
- Caleb DownsS68 tackles
- Caden CurryDE11 sacks
- Kenyatta JacksonDE6.5 sacks
- Kayden McDonaldDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio State 14, Miami 24. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio State fell to Miami 14-24 in the postseason.
"The standard is the standard."
2025 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.