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Main Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Acm0028 | 1 | |
| aggiebruin27 | 1 | |
| AJ_CC | 1 | |
| AllHawkeyesGoToHell | 1 | |
| ALStark69 | 1 | +5 from last poll |
| BananaBouquet | 1 | |
| BendrickLamar19 | 1 | |
| Bereft13 | 1 | Power: 1, SoR: 7; LW: |
| BlueSCar | 1 | |
| bretticus733 | 1 | |
| brucewaynewins | 1 | |
| Buckeyes2010 | 1 | |
| budget_um | 1 | |
| CambodianDrywall | 1 | |
| Cars-and-Coffee | 1 | |
| CFBHurts | 1 | |
| Ch-i-ef | 1 | |
| ChaseTheFalcon | 1 | |
| chillmagic420 | 1 | |
| Chipsahoy523 | 1 | |
| COLU_BUS | 1 | |
| cyberchaox | 1 | |
| daredassdude | 1 | |
| diehardcubforever | 1 | |
| djowen68 | 1 | |
| donbagert | 1 | |
| Doogitywoogity | 1 | The big team to beat. They’re certainly not going to have it easy though. texas, Indiana, Oregon, and Michigan along with Iowa, Illinois, and USC makes a tough schedule. |
| EpicSchwinn | 1 | Just…see you in November for the Michigan game and again in January. We know the deal. |
| fredmerc111 | 1 | |
| galacticdude7 | 1 | |
| grtgbln | 1 | |
| Jay_Dubbbs | 1 | |
| JeromesNiece | 1 | |
| joebob431 | 1 | |
| jonstark19 | 1 | |
| jrich960608 | 1 | |
| jrluhn | 1 | |
| KansasEF5Tornado | 1 | elo: 2141 |
| Laschoni | 1 | |
| Lex_Ludorum | 1 | |
| Longvols | 1 | |
| Luigiatl | 1 | |
| MahjongDaily | 1 | |
| malowry0124 | 1 | |
| ManiacalBlazer | 1 | |
| MemeofMemeJTG999999 | 1 | End of Last Season: #6 (12-2) | Next Week: vs Ball State | Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Miami/LSU |
| monkeymatt1836 | 1 | |
| NyquillusDillwad20 | 1 | |
| OldCoaly | 1 | |
| Our-Gardian-Angel | 1 | |
| outthawazoo | 1 | |
| PalmettoFace | 1 | |
| penisthightrap_ | 1 | |
| PeteyNice | 1 | |
| placid_salad | 1 | |
| Player_1_has_Joined | 1 | |
| Rakarei | 1 | |
| Red261 | 1 | |
| redrumsoxLoL | 1 | There are no guarantees in College football but the Buckeyes are going to be strong again this year. They are completely loaded with talent and have one of the best head coaches in college football. |
| redwave2505 | 1 | |
| SCsprinter13 | 1 | |
| seaotter2 | 1 | |
| shifty1032231 | 1 | |
| Shion314 | 1 | |
| smartkeg | 1 | |
| Sometimeswelose | 1 | |
| spmartin1993 | 1 | |
| TaylorLeprechaun | 1 | |
| tdoger | 1 | |
| texas2089 | 1 | |
| thescottula | 1 | |
| TheUltimate721 | 1 | |
| TimeBroken | 1 | |
| True_Ad5324 | 1 | Best team on paper |
| udderlymoovelous | 1 | |
| UNC_Samurai | 1 | |
| vanburen1845 | 1 | |
| WarEagle9 | 1 | |
| Zef_Apollo | 1 | |
| Zloggt | 1 | All eyes on the funny nuts once more... |
| 12panther | 2 | |
| A_Rolling_Baneling | 2 | |
| bakonydraco | 2 | |
| Blazeth | 2 | |
| Blooblod | 2 | |
| BosskOnASegway | 2 | 1943.7 -> 1975.8 [+32.0] (#1 -> #2) ↓ |
| bwburke94 | 2 | +19.00028519 |
| ch1l1_ch33s3 | 2 | |
| Charlemagne42 | 2 | The midseason loss to Indiana made perfect sense. Until Indiana started losing. Still, four ranked wins and a conference title place Ohio State at #2 in the final playoff rankings. |
| CommodoreN7 | 2 | |
| Corgi_Koala | 2 | |
| Corporal_Hicks | 2 | |
| CRedds19 | 2 | |
| cvsprinter1 | 2 | |
| dabul-master | 2 | |
| Darth_Ra | 2 | |
| Drexlore | 2 | |
| dschinghiskhan | 2 | |
| dubscurry30 | 2 | |
| ewolfy13 | 2 | |
| grey_pilgrim_ | 2 | |
| IceColdDrPepper_Here | 2 | |
| Jakesnake42 | 2 | |
| jbowen1 | 2 | |
| Jerrywelfare | 2 | |
| jjjoebox | 2 | |
| jthomas694 | 2 | |
| JustAManAndHisLaptop | 2 | |
| JustinMSU21 | 2 | |
| Klaassy23 | 2 | |
| laprasrules | 2 | |
| mcdsmaster8824 | 2 | |
| mthompson2320 | 2 | |
| noahthearc | 2 | |
| NotSoSuperNerd | 2 | 79.42 |
| owlalwaysloveyew | 2 | |
| plannedsickdays | 2 | |
| PSUMediaPA | 2 | |
| Pure_Protein_Machine | 2 | |
| retnuh101 | 2 | |
| RiffRamBahZoo | 2 | |
| skuhlke | 2 | Big Ten Champions (12-1) |
| SwissArmyScythe | 2 | |
| tdeff19 | 2 | |
| the_neverdoctor | 2 | |
| Tornadohunter24 | 2 | |
| twitter_paulbd | 2 | |
| arbadak | 3 | |
| bannista7 | 3 | |
| colton_97 | 3 | |
| CptCheese | 3 | |
| Dropbackandpunt | 3 | |
| dukemetoo | 3 | |
| eclectic_tastes | 3 | |
| Helifino | 3 | |
| HideNZeke | 3 | |
| ikindalikelemons | 3 | I mean it's Ohio State. |
| jalexjsmithj | 3 | |
| Lefunnymaymays4lief | 3 | Despite the losses on defense, depth on offense and on the coaching staff… Sayin to Smith still exists and Ohio State is still a factory. Nothing more really to say |
| manbeardawg | 3 | |
| one98d | 3 | |
| Pyromania1983 | 3 | |
| SpadeRyker | 3 | |
| xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx | 3 | Gonna be good. |
| _fastball | 4 | |
| Bank_Gothic | 4 | |
| ColombianInIowa24 | 4 | |
| Conn3er | 4 | |
| deadtofall12 | 4 | |
| halldaylong | 4 | |
| HelioOne | 4 | |
| kflinderman | 4 | |
| lowes18 | 4 | Personally I believe we will look back on the 2024-25 Ohio State defense as one of the best in college football's history, so given the amount of talent they lost on that side of the ball I find it hard to rank Ohio State higher than where they are now (I thought about putting both Texas and Miami ahead of them), but the sheer volume of talent on the offensive side of the ball is hard to ignore. In addition Ryan Day and his staff are some of the best in college football when it comes to evaluation and development, while I don't believe the defense will be as good next year, it should be good enough to make them a national title contender. |
| MainPeanut25 | 4 | Major question marks with defense again. As an Ohio State fan, I hate that AP/coaches have OSU at #1 |
| Muffinnnnnnn | 4 | |
| PattyKane16 | 4 | |
| roguebandit1 | 4 | |
| Roscoe_Filburn | 4 | |
| SlaminSammons | 4 | |
| SufferingfOrLife | 4 | Reasons I like them: Return talented trio of Sayin, Smith, Jackson; four o-linemen return, always going to have talented receivers. Reasons I dislike them: Have to replace 8 starters on defense; how quickly can Arthur Smith adjust to the college game? |
| T-Thugs | 4 | |
| ToeInDigDeep | 4 | |
| BallSoHerd | 5 | |
| douchebagjack | 5 | |
| elnino550 | 5 | Their schedule is brutal, and they've lost so much on the defensive side of the ball, I still expect them to be a great program with the potential of winning the Natty especially with the best player in college football catching the ball. But Sayin has to improve in the big games with an expected regression on defence. |
| JBonkies | 5 | |
| Justanother_0 | 5 | Ohio State has the best wide receiver in the country on their roster, and has a stalwart defense that has dared any opponent in 2025 to try and break them. I expect them to be really good this year, though their schedule in my eyes is the hardest in the country (like seriously, that thing looks psychotic. 11-1 or better with that schedule likely means another Buckeye natty). |
| SteemieRayVaughn | 5 | |
| ThaCarter | 5 | |
| VerySeriousBanana | 5 | |
| BUSean | 6 | |
| GeauxTri | 6 | |
| PlactusTX | 6 | |
| sgtshenanigans | 6 | |
| titansfan174 | 6 | |
| TolkienFan71 | 6 | |
| Versigot | 6 | Julian Sayin is going to really hit some people where it hurts |
| Xy13 | 6 | Toughest Games - @ TX, @ Indi, @ USC, vs ORE. Avoid - Penn St --- Lost a lot of their elite defense to the (1st round) draft last year. One of the relatively harder B1G schedules + Texas. Will they win the Natty, or go 7-5 and fire Ryan Day? |
| DarkLegend64 | 7 | |
| SIMBONEGTP | 7 | |
| Staind075 | 7 |
Provisional Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 666haha | 1 | |
| 70277027 | 1 | |
| AllEliteSchmuck | 1 | |
| AoA_nB1 | 1 | Returning the best player in college football, Heisman hopeful QB and Bo Jackson, this offense should produce at a top 5 level. Losing three top eleven picks on the defensive side of the ball won’t be an easy replacement, but the Buckeyes always reload. |
| Billiam501 | 1 | |
| bruhstevenson | 1 | |
| ceris13 | 1 | |
| civfan5843 | 1 | |
| d1sportsball | 1 | Very safe bet, nearly beat IU last year |
| Dan20698 | 1 | |
| dannykandy | 1 | |
| DarthGlazer | 1 | |
| dee3Poh | 1 | |
| DownshiftGD | 1 | |
| Elegant_Tiger6870 | 1 | |
| ElyxUW | 1 | |
| epyoch | 1 | Retaining core pieces like dynamic WR Jeremiah Smith and QB Julian Sayin keeps the Buckeyes at the mountaintop, even with some portal attrition. |
| Ethanol-Muffins | 1 | |
| fm22fnam | 1 | |
| FrontRunner51 | 1 | |
| GenuineBoss | 1 | |
| geordieColt88 | 1 | |
| gonshpreds1 | 1 | |
| Hetoxy | 1 | |
| Impossible-Still-349 | 1 | |
| JackWK_Gaming | 1 | |
| journey1986 | 1 | |
| jtsmd2 | 1 | |
| KansasChaser2021 | 1 | |
| laxintx | 1 | |
| Living_Human | 1 | 42.78 |
| loneSTAR_06 | 1 | |
| manbeqrpig | 1 | |
| Midnight-Mustang | 1 | |
| MisguidedPassion | 1 | Returning too much firepower for me to believe in anyone else. I believe some of the defensive losses are overstated and they'll easily reload. |
| MyAngelMiraidon | 1 | I |
| NoOutdoorSoup | 1 | |
| PM_ME_YOUROUY_EM_MP | 1 | |
| PrideSax711 | 1 | |
| Protoco2 | 1 | |
| Resolve-Opening | 1 | |
| SaguaroCactus19 | 1 | |
| saquad69 | 1 | |
| Sflabuckeye13 | 1 | |
| SignificanceFirm2398 | 1 | |
| TyRoland06 | 1 | |
| ValarMorghulis_17 | 1 | |
| WBLwiffleball | 1 | |
| Yamiosum | 1 | |
| Yechibaby09 | 1 | |
| 538allspelledout | 2 | |
| alttabbins | 2 | |
| baileyx96 | 2 | |
| bigheadsoftbody | 2 | |
| bigred91224 | 2 | |
| bolts_win_again | 2 | |
| buccaneerboy22 | 2 | |
| Esb5415 | 2 | |
| Flaky_Bit6733 | 2 | |
| Front-Broccoli5957 | 2 | |
| hiiightide | 2 | |
| iron_horseshoe88 | 2 | |
| logace444444444 | 2 | |
| myworld3 | 2 | |
| Ok_Significance_3803 | 2 | |
| Real-Plant-5722 | 2 | |
| Repulsive_Rub6443 | 2 | |
| Salmon-Dude | 2 | |
| samtaylor92 | 2 | |
| SomerandomIDFBfan | 2 | |
| TheBeekman8 | 2 | |
| thehornedlamb | 2 | |
| throwaway_6786 | 2 | |
| Yelich04 | 2 | |
| BoilerUp28 | 3 | |
| CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY | 3 | 0.901 |
| ChiTrojan2 | 3 | |
| DesignerClub1887 | 3 | |
| Different-Salary2899 | 3 | |
| EL-YEO | 3 | |
| jtchr33 | 3 | I think Indiana pissed them off a lot last year, could be a fun revenge tour. Schedule has some possible unseen trap games. |
| Kareem89086 | 3 | |
| kevinsdomain | 3 | |
| Kirkwood641 | 3 | |
| Klightgrove | 3 | |
| mr_longfellow_deeds | 3 | |
| MWiatrak2077 | 3 | |
| NA_Faker | 3 | |
| National-Sundae9427 | 3 | |
| ndbfsu22 | 3 | |
| Pure-Shirt-5831 | 3 | |
| quantum_jedi | 3 | |
| Rare_Bit5844 | 3 | |
| RJTrey | 3 | |
| SportsCat4 | 3 | |
| ArlyntheAwesome | 4 | |
| Crelc3 | 4 | |
| DwayneBaconStan | 4 | |
| ianmcmoney | 4 | |
| LegionMammal978 | 4 | [T1.] Group Score .500, Team Score 0. |
| LightningDusty | 4 | |
| meristematic | 4 | |
| msonar623 | 4 | |
| NebraskaPlainsman | 4 | |
| Nervous_Metal_9445 | 4 | |
| noah_divine | 4 | too many question marks for me to rank them any higher and i think the AP and coaches polls are smoking crack for having them at #1. yes they have Jeremiah Smith and yes they have Julian Sayin but everything else i have to see to believe. |
| PsychologicalFox8660 | 4 | |
| Star_Wars_Sith | 4 | |
| isrealball | 5 | |
| josh55134 | 5 | |
| OG_Felwinter | 5 | |
| Rhizical | 5 | |
| beckett929 | 6 | |
| grahamca | 6 | |
| JJones927 | 6 | |
| Rishik01 | 6 | |
| MajikSix | 7 | |
| ted1995 | 7 | |
| BlueRFR3100 | 8 | |
| CallMeTheKing | 9 | |
| rt13wx | 10 | |
| Perryapsis | 12 | From here on, I looked at the AP poll and basically added the best remaining teams in order based on gut feelings. Given that this is the preseason poll, I fully expect to be proven horribly wrong as the season goes on. |
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid
Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid
Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published