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2026 Week 6 Ohio State Buckeyes Rankings

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User Rank Reason
r0sco 1
sirgippy 1 GippyRank expected rank: 3.5. Central 80% interval: 1–7. Top-25 probability: <100%.
ch1l1_ch33s3 2
Doogitywoogity 2 Very important win over Iowa is helping to buoy both texas and Ohio. Maryland shouldn’t be a challenge next week though I do suspect I’ll have the winner of Alabama-Georgia ahead of them off of resume. The Indiana matchup the following week will give them a chance to fight back though. So we’ll see a lot of fluidity up top the next couple weeks I think.
eclectic_tastes 2
ExternalTangents 2 Overall +31.7; offense +17.6 (4th), defense -14.1 (3rd)
Fmeson 2
GenialGiant 2
justsaynotoreddit 2
MADBuc49 2 +0. Would be the #2 playoff seed in this scenario, playing the winner of #7 Indiana/#10 Utah in the Peach Bowl
OldCoaly 2
Sometimeswelose 2
SufferingfOrLife 2
TheZachster 2
Cecil_Hardboner 3
conchobor 3
frone 3
galacticdude7 3 Predicted Record: 11-1

Losses: @Texas (23-24)
jbowen1 3 2175.86 (+2)
JeromesNiece 3
Justanother_0 3 Blowout win over Iowa gets the Buckeyes back up my ranking, though the back half of their schedule is looking brutal.
KansasEF5Tornado 3
Klaassy23 3
mcdsmaster8824 3
MrTheSpork 3
Muffinnnnnnn 3
PlactusTX 3 LW: 5 | Tier 1 | W Iowa
Red261 3
redrumsoxLoL 3
romulusjsp 3
SCsprinter13 3
SlaminSammons 3
smartkeg 3
sroach91 3
SwissArmyScythe 3 --
Tarmacked 3 No change
texas2089 3
ya111101 3
52hoova 4
ALStark69 4 +1; Jeremiah Smith is insane
BananaBouquet 4
Bank_Gothic 4 The wins over Illinois and especially Iowa are impressive. The loss to Texas (by 1 point and on the road) doesn't really ding the Buckeyes for me. They deserve to be No. 4 and my top ranked 1-loss team.
BendrickLamar19 4
BorisNumber1 4
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 4
DataDrivenPirate 4
dukemetoo 4
EpicSchwinn 4
GeauxTri 4 Strong road win at Iowa; only loss was by one point at undefeated Texas.
grtgbln 4
jrich960608 4
JustinMSU21 4
Luigiatl 4
Maladroit44 4 The Iowa win is probably a little less impressive than it looks, considering PGWE says the Hawkeyes should've lost last week to a deeply unfortunate Michigan team. Still, it's a 17-point blowout on the road against a previously-undefeated opponent; hard not to see some value in that.
malowry0124 4
monkeymatt1836 4
noodlethebear 4
pileatedloon 4
ruwisc 4
sickmemes48 4
SteemieRayVaughn 4
studio_sally 4
Techwid 4
TheReformedBadger 4
TheUltimate721 4 Jeremiath Smith should be frontrunner for Heisman and I don't think it should be particularly close either.
TimeBroken 4
VerySeriousBanana 4
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 4 (=)
12panther 5
bretticus733 5
brucewaynewins 5
Buckeyes2010 5
Casaiir 5
ChemicalOle 5
cinciforthewin 5
colton_97 5
DarthYoda2594 5
Dropbackandpunt 5
dschinghiskhan 5
fredmerc111 5
frumious88 5
GatorBolt 5
grey_pilgrim_ 5
halldaylong 5
hascogrande 5
HelioOne 5
HideNZeke 5 You throw the ball to Smith and then you win the game.
Hugefootballfan44 5 LW: 9
Jakesnake42 5 Huge road win @ Iowa to no longer rely on "quality losses" as that won't hold muster much longer. Last Week: #4
KJdkaslknv 5
Laschoni 5
Longvols 5
MemeofMemeJTG999999 5 (4-1) (no change)
W: 31-14 @ #13 Iowa (4-1)
Next Week: vs Maryland (2-3)
Projected Bowl: Playoff R1 vs Boise State
nemoran 5
Noelthemexican 5
nw____ 5
one98d 5
RedBarracuda25 5
RegionalBias 5
scronko 5
seaotter2 5
sgtshenanigans 5 I moved Ohio State up one here partially because of the lopsided win over what I still think is a pretty good Iowa team and partially because Notre Dame didn't really impress me as much this week.
T-nawtical 5
tdeff19 5
tdoger 5
TolkienFan71 5
tomdawg0022 5
TopGoose 5
TossedRightOut 5
TouchdownHeroes 5
w8w8 5
Zloggt 5 Recovering more and more from that choke against Texas...must applaud that, I say...
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_ 6
Acm0028 6
AlexanderComet 6
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 6
BallSoHerd 6
bannista7 6
BosskOnASegway 6 1901.5 -> 1888.3 [-13.2] (#3 -> #6)
BoukenGreen 6
boxbeat 6
CFBHurts 6
Ch-i-ef 6 Another win for the Ohio State Jeremiah Smiths
chillmagic420 6
cyberchaox 6
djowen68 6
Drexlore 6
elnino550 6 Only loss is at #1 Texas by a point in a game they should have won. They now a win at Iowa on their resume, the team to beat in their conference IMO and I would have them power ranked up there with Alabama.
flyingcircusdog 6
fshi 6
Hackasizlak 6
Jay_Dubbbs 6
JBonkies 6
jjjoebox 6
LiptonCB 6
MahjongDaily 6
MainPeanut25 6 #Smith4Heisman
ManiacalBlazer 6
Mr_Brews 6
Our-Gardian-Angel 6
penisthightrap_ 6
PeteyNice 6
Player_1_has_Joined 6
Polarbear1914 6
Pollaski 6
PSUMediaPA 6
Pure_Protein_Machine 6
redwave2505 6
retnuh101 6
royrules22 6
shifty1032231 6
Shion314 6
sirvalkyerie 6
Striker743 6
strikersteve60 6
TDenverFan 6
the_neverdoctor 6
thescottula 6
tjstanley 6
True_Ad5324 6 -
vanburen1845 6
WarEagle9 6
Wescat 6
Xy13 6 {+4} [4-1] (31-14 W @ Iowa)
3 P4 Wins
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Kinnick Voodoo avoided, easily.
Zef_Apollo 6 Passing the eye test and Jeremiah Smith is the best football player on the field this year. Best win Iowa.
_fastball 7
BabyBladder 7
BearsAreGreat1 7
Bereft13 7 Power: 3, SoR: 16; LW: 8
bernkastel87 7
Bill3ffinMurray 7
bladefencer 7 0.818, +0, Pow: 4, Off: 3, Def: 9, SOR: 18
Blazeth 7
Blooblod 7
budget_um 7 Really good game against a good Iowa team. Would be higher without the Texas loss
Cars-and-Coffee 7
Charlemagne42 7 Adjustment: 36.9%
ChaseTheFalcon 7
Colton3690 7
Conglossian 7 -3
Conn3er 7
Corgi_Koala 7
cornholesurfer 7
CptCheese 7
daredassdude 7
DarkLegend64 7
DavoinShower-handle 7
dubscurry30 7 —
e8odie 7
ewolfy13 7
G-Aardvark 7
IceColdDrPepper_Here 7 Ohio State is always going to be good, but I do wonder what happens when Jeremiah Smith isn’t getting 200 yards a game. We saw a glimpse of it in the 2nd half against Texas where they went straight man and brought consistent pressure against Sayin, and we saw their offense sputter hard. If a team can stop, or at least limit, #4 they can beat the Buckeyes. But that’s obviously easier said than done.
ikindalikelemons 7
JamoRedhead 7
Jerrywelfare 7
jmac_21 7
joebob431 7
jthomas694 7
JustAManAndHisLaptop 7
Keener1899 7
laprasrules 7
Lex_Ludorum 7 I fear we do not appreciate how good Jeremiah Smith is.
mthompson2320 7 LW: 6
nbingham196 7
noahthearc 7
PattyKane16 7
plannedsickdays 7
Rakarei 7
RheagarTargaryen 7
RobertNeyland 7
RollWarTideEagle 7
ryseing 7
samspopguy 7
spmartin1993 7
Staind075 7
StFuzzySlippers 7
TaylorLeprechaun 7 +1
Terminal_BAS 7
Texasagsman 7
thomasosu 7
titansfan174 7
UNC_Samurai 7
Versigot 7
visor841 7
Xtremeloco 7
zenverak 7
aggiebruin27 8
AJ_CC 8
blahblehblahwhoru 8
BUSean 8
bwburke94 8 +11.3267232 (LW: #4)
ChBass 8 Ohio State has a top-10 offense, and the win against Iowa was their toughest test of the year (that they passed).
Chipsahoy523 8 +3
chweris 8
COLU_BUS 8
CRedds19 8
Darth_Ra 8
diehardcubforever 8
digdat0 8 8. Ohio State — Score: 0.195 | Results: 1.182, SOS Rank: #44, Quality: 0.071, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #5, Def Rk: #22
ehoefler 8 87.26 | +13
Noy_Telinu 8 Still in control of the BIG. Well, besides Indiana. For now.
owlalwaysloveyew 8
Pikachu1989 8
Pyromania1983 8
RiffRamBahZoo 8
Roscoe_Filburn 8 No Kinnick voodoo for the Buckeyes
SpadeRyker 8
spsellers 8
The-Gothic-Castle 8
Tornadohunter24 8 [4-1, 2-0 B1G] (+4) | SOR: #11 | Notable Results: L 23-24 @ #1 Texas [4-0], W 31-14 @ #11 Iowa [4-1] |
AlphaH4wk 9
cfbguy 9
MemeLovingLoser 9 Score 78.84 (▲ 3.24) | Place Change: ▲ 9 | Previous Rank: 18th | Wins Composite Rank: 17th | SoS Composite Rank: 7th | Margin of Victory Rank: 6th | Penalties Composite Rank: 51st | Yardage Composite Rank: 3rd | Turnover Composite Rank: 29th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 27th | Other Stats Rank: 51st
NotSoSuperNerd 9 1.925 [9.54-2.46]
placid_salad 9
corundum9 10
deadtofall12 10
douchebagjack 10 Best 3 Wins: IOWA,Illinois,Kent State. Loss: TEXAS. just got into the top 10. 1 loss, but it is texas, 2 p4 wins only, and quality loss + illinois + decent iowa carrying a lot more weight for ohio state
hypercube42342 10 Power 2 / Resume 24
owl_man 10
Rcfan0902 10 823.26 (+15)
srs_house 10
HieloLuz 11 Ohio State is finally ranked for the first time all year by me. They finally beat a quality opponent in Iowa |4| and did so handily. And the Texas |1| loss really isn't holding them back at all besides having a 1 in the L column. They will have plenty of chances to prove themselves with 5 teams currently in the top 30 on the schedule.
RJEP22 11
T-Thugs 11 Ohio State is 4-1 and has a nice win over Iowa (4-1, beat Iowa State). Also beat Illinois 2-3. Only loss is to Texas
TheNSAAgent777 11
0010MK 12
arbadak 12 .796 rating, 4-1, SOS .580 (+5)
dabul-master 12
eSpiritCorpse 12 0.9324
SearonTrejorek 12 0.77657
Hobbes_121 13
kflinderman 13
nin478 13
tks231 13
udubdavid 13
A_Rolling_Baneling 14
CambodianDrywall 14
Chris-P-Creme 14
CPiGuy2728 14
infinitempg 14 +10, 0.867
luckroy 14
OKgolfer 14
velociraptorfarmer 14
cvsprinter1 15 1-loss to Undefeated
jimbobbypaul 15
SIMBONEGTP 15
bakonydraco 16 90.010
BlueSCar 16
Corporal_Hicks 16
DisraeliEers 16
grjohnst 16
manbeardawg 16
NyquillusDillwad20 16
skuhlke 16
ToeInDigDeep 16 Loss to Texas. Notable win: Iowa
twitter_paulbd 16 1134 | 4-1
Hey_Its_Roomie 17
Ruhrgebietheld 17
ColombianInIowa24 19 29.67 - Unlike, Rutgers, Iowa IS good enough to catch the model's attention and result in a B1G climb.
spasm01 19
TadKosciuszko 20
Stoneador 22 40|5|148

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor 1 447
maxwell6233 1
TomorrowFinal6642 1
chief_sitass 2
fm22fnam 2 +0
hbh110 2
HokiPoqi 2
mathwrath55 2 Accounting for home field advantage and relying on scores rather than explicitly wins, the model treats OSU-Texas as evidence that OSU is better than Texas. At the moment Bama and OSU are sort of in a tier on their own.
Nath0leon 2
Piptit 2
saquad69 2
shouldajustsaid_yeah 2
TyRoland06 2
2AcesRoth 3 net elo off def ridge fei conf
+26.5 +29.9 42.8 12.9 +27.8 +21.9 Big Ten
538allspelledout 3
69nicer 3
AoA_nB1 3 I’m not sure who could beat Ohio State on a neutral field. Looking forward to their matchup @Indiana next week
ArlyntheAwesome 3 Boosting them up a bit for a solid win against Iowa, and after this week's results I'm making an effort to de-emphasize the SEC from where they've been. Further explained in the SEC teams blurbs
bendyburner 3
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 3
DesignerClub1887 3
Educational-River460 3
FoodCourtDruid 3
Klightgrove 3
LegendParkour 3
LonghornInNebraska 3
NNul 3
NoOutdoorSoup 3
Protoco2 3
Select-Edge-3262 3 +1
SpectralHydra 3
Status-Office7664 3
thatoneguyD13 3 Tier 1. Team improving on both sides of the ball with best player in CFB on offense.
TheCryptPartDeux 3
Yechibaby09 3
_THE__BOULDER_ 4 Had no trouble against a stout Iowa defense. Jeremiah Smith with two 200 yard games in a row. Apparently, since he started CFB, he has more yards and TDs than any other WR, and it doesn't surprise me one bit. They kind of force feed him but if it works it works.
a_proud_ohioan 4
Applesaucemannus 4
buccaneerboy22 4
dee3Poh 4 .860
DillyDillySzn 4
DownshiftGD 4
drewscottt 4 +2
dstrainr 4
HHunko13 4
irishspring4521 4
jibberishdhyukl 4
KevinDoesSports 4 Beat an Iowa team with a good defense. That game could've been really bad for Ohio State but they handled Iowa.
Kirkwood641 4
Lucaball3r 4
MajikSix 4
meta_irl 4
NA_Faker 4
National-Sundae9427 4
newSomberMan 4
ninjatown23 4 Big road win against Iowa pushes them up. Should only be a couple spots behind Texas due to how close they played them on the road.
Ok_Boysenberry716 4
poisonedarrow 4
Pure-Shirt-5831 4
SaguaroCactus19 4
Salmon-Dude 4
Sflabuckeye13 4
Small_Company_5697 4
SportsCat4 4
sportstrap 4
Star_Wars_Sith 4
tbraptors 4
TheBeekman8 4
Tortillero96 4 +1
W (4-1) A +17 vs Iowa (14)
W (3-1) H +23 vs Illinois (unranked)
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)
70277027 5
adi_red 5
bigred91224 5
Blazemaster77 5
BoilerUp28 5
bruhstevenson 5
EL-YEO 5
Esb5415 5
FrontRunner51 5 (-)
FuzzyDunlop911 5
geordieColt88 5
gohncell 5 I think OSU looks significantly better than Indiana, but I don't have many teams ranked between them
gonshpreds1 5
HereComesNightTime 5
HookEm25 5
Intelligent_Fix_6972 5
Isthmus11 5 4-1, handled a pretty good Iowa team pretty comfortably. This is the only team I see winning against Indiana in the B10 this year
jtchr33 5 Looking good, can start to forgive that early loss. Heisman winner at WR here that looks amazing and unstoppable. I am curious if any team tries to fully shut him down.
KansasChaser2021 5
leadbymight 5
logace444444444 5
loneSTAR_06 5
m3owzika 5
Menktenk 5
Mission_Pay_3373 5
mr_longfellow_deeds 5
MWiatrak2077 5
MyAngelMiraidon 5 E - Best 1 loss team, but other teams ahead have enough and are undefeated that moving up is not really reasonable here
myworld3 5
NebraskaPlainsman 5
pongislame 5 4-1 (@ Texas)
PsychologicalFox8660 5
Repulsive_Rub6443 5
requiemsux 5
Rishik01 5
RJTrey 5
spaceblev11 5
thehornedlamb 5
beckett929 6
BeyondLiesTheWub 6 change from last week: -3
bolts_win_again 6
Crelc3 6
Effective-Lead-6657 6
FindGreatness23 6
GenuineBoss 6
GrimmacingGrinny 6
Impossible-Still-349 6
jackmc04 6 (+1)
jis024 6
JJones927 6
jwrtf 6
kennethbring 6
Key_Solution_4076 6
Kyrosiv 6
LookAtMaxwell 6 Its only loss was 23–24 at Texas. The score model has it 5th in offense and 7th in defense. It's favored over every team ranked below it, but the real loss to Texas puts Texas above it in every bracket.
manbeqrpig 6
meristematic 6
MisguidedPassion 6
MotherQuocer 6
NC_Pineapple 6
owl-bears 6
Pyroblockx 6
quantum_jedi 6 (58.08, +10) There was some discourse that Iowa could be a sneaky upset pick, but the Buckeyes were having none of that. Jeremiah Smith is incredible and Ohio State isn't trying to complicate anything and just keeps feeding Smith. Poor Maryland...
S2OP 6 (-)
samtaylor92 6
Scottyfer 6
Signal_Tip_7428 6
Spazzatack 6
ted1995 6
WRSpill 6 (6)
Yelich04 6 -
666PeaceKeepaGirl 7
Character_Orchid4698 7
ChiTrojan2 7
Dawg-Bite 7
divey043 7
idnttcrisis 7
iHasMagyk 7
isrealball 7
JackWK_Gaming 7
jmdinbtr 7
jtsmd2 7
LightningDusty 7 =
llamawhittlings 7 SP+: 2, SP+ Resume: 12
n8TLfan 7
Nervous_Metal_9445 7
OG_Felwinter 7
PatMcDangles99 7
Perryapsis 7
ResearchFlaky5912 7
RowDull8230 7
rt13wx 7
S3G 7
solarsnail6 7
SomerandomIDFBfan 7
SpeddyDawg 7
tdaten 7
WBLwiffleball 7
CallMeTheKing 8
Flaky_Bit6733 8
Hastronaut 8
kevinsdomain 8
Noahsince2002 8
ogsmurf826 8
Ok_Significance_3803 8
DarthGlazer 9 beautiful Iowa dismantling. the game was not as close as the score. Just a bit one dimensional. if jeremiah smith gets hurt then it completely destroys the team. The only reason the run game is working is because of the smith threat, and the defense is completely healthy. I have a feeling any 'like team' in the b1g will beat them (Oregon, Indiana).
grahamca 9 T17ᵗʰ W/L, T12ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 2ⁿᵈ Team Strength, 4ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
LegionMammal978 9 (+32) GS .918, TS 85.
penix4heisman 9
Rhizical 9
SonOfGarry 10
_Junk_Rat_ 12
BlueRFR3100 14
Minnesnowtaaa 15
BoNnnnfhir 16
g_trechel 17
alexjcode_com 19 766
wittingtarsier 19
1Subject 20
ianmcmoney 22
bocnj 23
The_Stratman 25
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