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2026 Week 4 Ohio State Buckeyes Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
JeromesNiece 1
r0sco 1
sirgippy 1 GippyRank expected rank: 4.9. Central 80% interval: 1–10. Top-25 probability: 99.5%.
BosskOnASegway 2 1900.8 -> 1904.4 [+3.6] (#3 -> #2)
ch1l1_ch33s3 2
Doogitywoogity 2 Dominant win as expected. They have a tough schedule with only a few unranked opponents, probably one of the toughest in the B1G. Illinois should be a good tune up for B1G action.
ExternalTangents 2
GenialGiant 2
JBonkies 2
MADBuc49 2 NEW. Would be the #2 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #7 Indiana/#10 Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl
mcdsmaster8824 2
Muffinnnnnnn 2
Tarmacked 2 No change
Techwid 2
texas2089 2
Bank_Gothic 3
Cecil_Hardboner 3
eclectic_tastes 3
galacticdude7 3 Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: at Texas (23-24)
grtgbln 3
Justanother_0 3 While the Buckeyes choked the Texas game away in stunning fashion, a one point loss on the road to the current #1 isn’t too big of a stain to a resume, especially when so many other teams fill their early year schedules with nothing but cupcakes.
KansasEF5Tornado 3
Lex_Ludorum 3
MrTheSpork 3
redrumsoxLoL 3
SlaminSammons 3
smartkeg 3 1-point road loss to Texas is still a more impressive performance than anyone behind them.
sroach91 3
SwissArmyScythe 3 --
52hoova 4
BananaBouquet 4
BendrickLamar19 4
conchobor 4
DataDrivenPirate 4 (24.28)
Helifino 4
Jakesnake42 4 Still think they are the most talented/"best" team and the metrics tend to agree. Last Week: #4
jrich960608 4 Despite winning 59-3, Ohio State carried some of the same issues that plagued them during the 4th quarter against Texas, it could be the Texas hangover (most likely), or it could be a cause for concern. Regardless, they are still uber talented, with a BIG10 opponent in Illinois on the docket this weekend they can hope to get back to form.
lowes18 4
Luigiatl 4
malowry0124 4
OldCoaly 4
Red261 4
romulusjsp 4
ruwisc 4
T-nawtical 4
TouchdownHeroes 4
vanburen1845 4
VerySeriousBanana 4
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 4 (=) Bye bye Kent State
ya111101 4
12panther 5
Acm0028 5
cinciforthewin 5
GatorBolt 5 Big Ten play awaits.
GoBlueScrewOSU7 5
HideNZeke 5
Klaassy23 5
MemeofMemeJTG999999 5 (2-1) (down 1)
W: 59-3 vs Kent State (1-2)
Next Week: vs Illinois (2-1)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Tulsa
monkeymatt1836 5
one98d 5
penisthightrap_ 5
SCsprinter13 5
seaotter2 5
sickmemes48 5
Sometimeswelose 5
TheReformedBadger 5
tomdawg0022 5
TopGoose 5
ALStark69 6 -1; BTA
bannista7 6
bretticus733 6
Cars-and-Coffee 6 2-1. Power 19.6 (#3), resume #49 (31.0% strength of record).
colton_97 6
Conglossian 6 -2
DampFrijoles 6
DarthYoda2594 6
Drexlore 6
EpicSchwinn 6
fredmerc111 6
fshi 6
Hackasizlak 6
JamoRedhead 6
jbowen1 6 2112.78 (-2)
JustAManAndHisLaptop 6
Longvols 6
MainPeanut25 6 #Free9 (not THAT 9)
ManiacalBlazer 6
mthompson2320 6 LW: 4
noahthearc 6
placid_salad 6 LW: #4
PlactusTX 6 LW: 6 | Tier 1 (no change) | W Kent State

Ohio State has one loss to a team among the best and two wins over teams among the worst. That's a huge middle range and why reevaluating tiers based entirely on results remains impossible.
Player_1_has_Joined 6
RegionalBias 6
sgtshenanigans 6
SteemieRayVaughn 6
strikersteve60 6
SufferingfOrLife 6
TheUltimate721 6
TimeBroken 6
WarEagle9 6
_fastball 7
Aidanj927 7
BallSoHerd 7
BearsAreGreat1 7
BoukenGreen 7
boxbeat 7
brucewaynewins 7
CambodianDrywall 7
ChaseTheFalcon 7
CommodoreN7 7
Corgi_Koala 7
cornholesurfer 7
CptCheese 7
daredassdude 7
Darth_Ra 7
diehardcubforever 7
Dropbackandpunt 7
dschinghiskhan 7
elnino550 7
halldaylong 7
hascogrande 7
HelioOne 7
Hugefootballfan44 7 LW: 15
IAmAChemicalEngineer 7
IceColdDrPepper_Here 7
Jay_Dubbbs 7
Jerrywelfare 7
jjjoebox 7
jonstark19 7
jrluhn 7
JustinMSU21 7
Lefunnymaymays4lief 7 (-) Bucks get a reeling Illinois at home, but Kinnick next week looking 👀
MahjongDaily 7
nbingham196 7
nemoran 7
Our-Gardian-Angel 7
PattyKane16 7
plannedsickdays 7
PSUMediaPA 7
Pure_Protein_Machine 7
Pyromania1983 7 I really, really thought that Ohio State being dropped so far in the AP poll was so ridiculously stupid after barely losing to Texas in Week 2, and had then at 7. I keep them here after a ridiculous win over MAC school Kent State. Julian Sayin was able to spread the ball to so many different guys, and a lot of guys got playing time due to this game being over so early on. This is still an arguably top-5 team in football.
Rakarei 7
redwave2505 7
retnuh101 7
royrules22 7
samspopguy 7
sirvalkyerie 7
soonerfreak 7
Staind075 7
tdeff19 7
TDenverFan 7
Texasagsman 7
the_neverdoctor 7
TolkienFan71 7
TossedRightOut 7
True_Ad5324 7
udderlymoovelous 7
UNC_Samurai 7
Wescat 7
Xy13 7
Zloggt 7
AJ_CC 8
AlexanderComet 8
Blazeth 8
BuckeyeForLife95 8 (0.67+0.56) X (46/10) X (523.33/211.67) = 13.90
budget_um 8 Took care of business
Cassiyus 8
CFBHurts 8
chillmagic420 8
chweris 8
Conn3er 8
cyberchaox 8
cyclonepsycho 8
DavoinShower-handle 8
djowen68 8
dukemetoo 8
ewolfy13 8
frone 8
G-Aardvark 8
jmac_21 8
jthomas694 8
mellolizard 8
Noy_Telinu 8 Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fiiiiiiiiiiiineeee I will rank teams that lose a game despite teams that have 0 losses not getting ranked because we WANT teams to face each other in non con but ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate this so much.
nw____ 8
owl_man 8
Pollaski 8
RiffRamBahZoo 8
roguebandit1 8
shifty1032231 8
SpadeRyker 8
spmartin1993 8
Terminal_BAS 8
ThaCarter 8
titansfan174 8
Xtremeloco 8
Zef_Apollo 8
zenverak 8
BUSean 9
CRedds19 9
ikindalikelemons 9
Maladroit44 9
owlalwaysloveyew 9
PeteyNice 9
Pikachu1989 9
w8w8 9
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 10
AlphaH4wk 10
Bereft13 10 Power: 1, SoR: 74; LW: 10
blahblehblahwhoru 10
Blooblod 10
Casaiir 10
GeauxTri 10
grey_pilgrim_ 10
joebob431 10
LiptonCB 10
NotSoSuperNerd 10 1.581 [9.02-2.98]
SIMBONEGTP 10
StFuzzySlippers 10
Striker743 10 Down 2 - haven't beaten anyone
The-Gothic-Castle 10
Versigot 10
corundum9 11
Roscoe_Filburn 11 I thought my computer poll had them too low, but then I realized this is Ohio State and I don't care.
srs_house 11
Chipsahoy523 13 -1
Colton3690 13
COLU_BUS 13
DarkLegend64 13
dubscurry30 13 NR
TaylorLeprechaun 13 NR
Tornadohunter24 16 [2-1] (+7) | SOR: #69 | Notable Results: L 23-24 @ #2 Texas [3-0]
Daigotsu 17
Hobbes_121 17
Noelthemexican 17
RJEP22 17
tdoger 17
0010MK 18
TheNSAAgent777 18
Charlemagne42 19 Adjustment: 4.3%
hypercube42342 20
studio_sally 21
Corporal_Hicks 22
kflinderman 22
jalexjsmithj 24

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
bigian52 2
civfan5843 2
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 2
Piptit 2
shouldajustsaid_yeah 2
sportstrap 2
_THE__BOULDER_ 3 Not much to say here. They moved up 1 from last week since LSU dropped, but they definitely deserve to be top 5 at this point.
d1sportsball 3 Ohio State is likely the most talented team in the country, and they've looked the part so far. Against Texas they dominated, showing why they were number 1 in most polls, but their collapse was untimely, though not enough to truly penalize them for the loss.
fm22fnam 3 -1
Klightgrove 3
NoOutdoorSoup 3
Ok_Boysenberry716 3
saquad69 3
thatoneguyD13 3 Tier 1.
AoA_nB1 4
BeyondLiesTheWub 4 change from last week: +2
DillyDillySzn 4
FrontRunner51 4 (-1)
geauxsaints777 4
hbh110 4
HHunko13 4
jibberishdhyukl 4
Midnight-Mustang 4
MisguidedPassion 4
NA_Faker 4
NebraskaPlainsman 4
Protoco2 4
Salmon-Dude 4
Select-Edge-3262 4
Sflabuckeye13 4
tbraptors 4
the_lost_carrot 4
buccaneerboy22 5
dee3Poh 5 .830
geordieColt88 5
IBCBJ 5
Lilies_of_Edelweiss 5
mr_longfellow_deeds 5
Rishik01 5
RJTrey 5
spaceblev11 5
Spazzatack 5
SpectralHydra 5
Tortillero96 5 W (2-1) H +56 vs Kent State (unranked)
L (1-1) A -1 vs Texas (6)
W (1-0) H +53 vs Ball State (unranked)
TyRoland06 5
Underground_Bread 5
ValarMorghulis_17 5 I think this team will prove itself in October.
ArlyntheAwesome 6
bigred91224 6
bolts_win_again 6
DownshiftGD 6
EL-YEO 6
Esb5415 6
Ethanol-Muffins 6
FindGreatness23 6
FoodCourtDruid 6
gonshpreds1 6
GrimmacingGrinny 6 OSU rolled Kent St 59-3, and will face an Illinois defense that has struggled thus far.
Impossible-Still-349 6 (-)
jackmc04 6 (-1)
JJones927 6
jwrtf 6
KansasChaser2021 6
Kirkwood641 6
logace444444444 6
loneSTAR_06 6
MajikSix 6
meta_irl 6
MWiatrak2077 6
MyAngelMiraidon 6 -1 - Similar to Miami, drops 1 more due to Ole Miss winning
myworld3 6
National-Sundae9427 6 Dominant wins over teams they should beat. 1 point loss in a pick em against Texas. Not gonna knock them too much over that.
NNul 6
noah_divine 6 Ohio State took care of business in a get-right game against Kent State, but I have some serious, serious concerns with the Buckeyes' offense, particularly with Julian Sayin. From what we have seen so far, if Jeremiah Smith is taken away, Sayin cannot operate the offense. I don't know if it's the yips, if Ohio State doesn't have a WR2 they truly trust yet, or if Sayin just isn't that great, but whatever it is, they need to address it soon.
PrideSax711 6
Pure-Shirt-5831 6
Real-Plant-5722 6
requiemsux 6
Small_Company_5697 6
SportsCat4 6
Star_Wars_Sith 6
TheBeekman8 6
TomorrowFinal6642 6
Yelich04 6 -
70277027 7
ab317 7
ad51603 7
AllEliteSchmuck 7
beckett929 7
BoilerUp28 7
bruhstevenson 7
ceris13 7
Crelc3 7
DarthGlazer 7 they're a solid team when they're clicking. they lost though, and they're the highest 1-seed - even ahead of undefeateds only due to the fact they lost on the road in the last second to a great team
DesignerClub1887 7
divey043 7
Flaky_Bit6733 7
HereComesNightTime 7
hiiightide 7
idnttcrisis 7
Isthmus11 7 very close loss to Texas, pretty clearly the only team as talented as Indiana in the B10 this year
JackWK_Gaming 7
jis024 7
josh55134 7
LightningDusty 7 ↓1
m3owzika 7
meristematic 7
MotherQuocer 7
OG_Felwinter 7
Perryapsis 7
PsychologicalFox8660 7
Repulsive_Rub6443 7
S2OP 7 (-)
SaguaroCactus19 7
SignificanceFirm2398 7
SomerandomIDFBfan 7
The_Good_General 7
WBLwiffleball 7
WRSpill 7 (10)
Intelligent_Fix_6972 8
jtsmd2 8
Nervous_Metal_9445 8 +2
pongislame 8 Will move up if they beat Illinois next week
ResearchFlaky5912 8
RowDull8230 8
rt13wx 8
samtaylor92 8
Signal_Tip_7428 8
666PeaceKeepaGirl 9
jtchr33 9 Still look good, don't want to move them up yet, but will expect them to win and move because others lose. That Iowa game is going to be a big trap if they are not prepared for it.
ted1995 9
Hastronaut 10
Noahsince2002 10
mathmanhale 11
isrealball 12
thehornedlamb 12
Yamiosum 12 VERY rare for a one loss team to be this high in my ranking this early in the year. Combo of extremely forgivable loss and some blowout wins.
chief_sitass 13
Ok_Significance_3803 14
BlueRFR3100 15
ogsmurf826 16
Blazemaster77 18
GenuineBoss 18
Living_Human 19 69.35
grahamca 22 T37ᵗʰ W/L, T31ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 6ᵗʰ Team Strength, 27ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
manbeqrpig 22
penix4heisman 22
quantum_jedi 22 (34.08, +0) A team that should be ranked much, much higher but all the model sees is that they lost close to Texas and their biggest win to date might be Ball State? Expect the Buckeyes to rocket up the rankings list over the next few weeks.
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 24
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published

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