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Ohio State University · 2025 · Big Ten

FanBoardHQ CFP
#4
Efficiency
+28.7
2nd FBS
Record
12-2
Conf. record
9-0
Conf. finish
2nd
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Ohio State went 12-2 and was ranked 4th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 1st-ranked defense carried them, with an 8th-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 53% of offensive plays with a 1st-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 47% of plays with a 51st-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
5-2
Q2
0-0
Q3
2-0
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 12.0 wins
Strength of Record
4th
+3.6 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
15th
full season
15th
CFP committee
#2
FanBoardHQ has them 2 spots lower
Conf. sched. difficulty
61st
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.8 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs TexasSEC#14W 147+16.0100%20.7Q1
2vs GramblingSWACW 700+66.5100%11.8Q4
3vs OhioMid-American#60W 379+35.1100%19.8Q4
5@ WashingtonBig Ten#20W 246+7.9100%36.9Q1
6vs MinnesotaBig Ten#48W 423+32.2100%31.0Q4
7@ IllinoisBig Ten#18W 3416+13.8100%34.0Q1
8@ WisconsinBig Ten#74W 340+24.9100%33.9Q3
10vs Penn StateBig Ten#39W 3814+16.2100%35.8Q1
11@ PurdueBig Ten#111W 3410+28.6100%29.6Q3
12vs UCLABig Ten#97W 4810+35.8100%29.5Q4
13vs RutgersBig Ten#72W 429+32.0100%29.7Q4
14@ MichiganBig Ten#19W 279+12.6100%34.5Q1
15vs IndianaBig Ten#1L 1013-2.90%27.4Q1
Postseason
vs Miami-FLACC#3L 1424+4.00%12.3Q1

14 played · 12-2. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Ohio State, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

+3.0+18.5+33.921122037313434363029303527Week 0Week 20
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 1st
SR 1stYPP 5thEPA 2nd
RushingEff 51st
SR 32ndYPP 53rdEPA 65th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 4th
SR 19thYPP 1stEPA 5th
Rush defenseEff 2nd
SR 2ndYPP 7thEPA 2nd
Dropback rate 53%Tempo -4.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 53rd on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 53%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 53%2nd · Defense allowed: 36%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 56%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 34%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 92.0Q1 · Allowed: 15.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 137.0Q2 · Allowed: 39.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 104.0Q3 · Allowed: 34.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 121.0Q4 · Allowed: 38.0Q4
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What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Ohio State Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 8th
+13.1
Field position: +1.1Finishing drives: +12.1
Field position +1.1Finishing drives +12.1= +13.1
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 30th · Finishing 8th

Defensive EffRanked 1st
+15.9
Field position: +3.8Finishing drives: +12.0
Field position +3.8Finishing drives +12.0= +15.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 1st · Finishing 3rd

3.27 points per drive on offense, 0.91 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 29.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(205)53% / 47%56%7.6
Q2(232)58% / 42%52%6.9
Q3(246)50% / 50%57%6.6
Q4(190)31% / 69%49%6.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(179)9.966%10.1
2nd(139)7.456%8.4
3rd(95)7.151%6.9
4th(10)3.370%8.9
All (423)59%8.8
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(234)9.744%5.2
2nd(151)6.250%5.3
3rd(56)3.761%4.0
4th(8)2.663%1.4
All (450)48%5.0

Ohio State, all games.