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2026 Week 7 Ohio State Buckeyes Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
sirgippy	1	GippyRank expected rank: 3.3. Central 80% interval: 1–6. Top-25 probability: <100%.
conchobor	2
galacticdude7	2	Predicted Record: 11-1 Losses: at Texas (23-24)
KansasEF5Tornado	2
romulusjsp	2
sickmemes48	2
Sometimeswelose	2
sroach91	2
SwissArmyScythe	2	+1
texas2089	2
ALStark69	3	+1; looked good but like it's Maryland lol
BendrickLamar19	3
BorisNumber1	3
cyclonepsycho	3
Fmeson	3
GeauxTri	3	Strong road win at Iowa; only loss was by one point at Texas.
grey_pilgrim_	3
jbowen1	3
JeromesNiece	3
Justanother_0	3	Jeremiah Smith.
JustinMSU21	3
mcdsmaster8824	3
monkeymatt1836	3
OldCoaly	3
r0sco	3
samspopguy	3
12panther	4
52hoova	4
BananaBouquet	4
brucewaynewins	4
BuckeyeForLife95	4	8.777
Casaiir	4
chillmagic420	4
DampFrijoles	4
DarthYoda2594	4
dschinghiskhan	4
dukemetoo	4
fredmerc111	4
fshi	4
hascogrande	4
Helifino	4
HelioOne	4
HideNZeke	4
JBonkies	4
jjjoebox	4
jonstark19	4
Lefunnymaymays4lief	4	(+2) Through 23 quarters of play, OSU has looked absurdly dominant particularly because of the greatest skill player of an entire generation. The problem is that applies to 23/24 quarters, with that 4th quarter in DKR being the one reason they aren’t #1 right now. And unlike those top 2, despite having probably the highest level of talent cumulatively in all of CFB, the Bucks seem quite unbalanced; WR depth outside of Smith concerns me, and their front 7 (particularly their LBs) almost seem like they don’t wanna be there at times whether they’re creaming opponents or not
Longvols	4
Luigiatl	4
MainPeanut25	4	#Free18
MemeofMemeJTG999999	4	(5-1) (up 1) W: 45-16 vs Maryland (2-4) Next Week: @ #6 Indiana (6-0) Projected Bowl: Rose Bowl vs Texas/Boise State
nemoran	4
noodlethebear	4
Our-Gardian-Angel	4
PlactusTX	4	LW: 3 | Tier 1 | W Maryland
RegionalBias	4
retnuh101	4
sgtshenanigans	4	Ohio State kicked down the doors against Maryland this would be more impressive if it was still September (kidding).
shifty1032231	4
SlaminSammons	4
SteemieRayVaughn	4
SufferingfOrLife	4
tdeff19	4
Techwid	4
Terminal_BAS	4
TimeBroken	4
tomdawg0022	4
TopGoose	4
TossedRightOut	4
TouchdownHeroes	4
udderlymoovelous	4
Zloggt	4
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	5
bannista7	5
bernkastel87	5
Blazeth	5
Blooblod	5
BoukenGreen	5
boxbeat	5
bretticus733	5
Buckeyes2010	5
Cecil_Hardboner	5
Ch-i-ef	5	The Ohio State Smiths look to avenge their loss
ChaseTheFalcon	5
ChemicalOle	5
chweris	5
Conglossian	5	+2
CptCheese	5
deadtofall12	5
djowen68	5
Drexlore	5
e8odie	5
elnino550	5	Dominated 3 B10 teams including highly-ranked Iowa and only loss is at Texas by a point. I have them comfortably as the best 1-loss team in FBS so far.
EpicSchwinn	5
Euphoric_Relative_13	5
ewolfy13	5
ExternalTangents	5	Overall +30.3; offense +15.9 (5th), defense -14.4 (3rd)
flyingcircusdog	5
frumious88	5
G-Aardvark	5
GatorBolt	5
GoBlueScrewOSU7	5
Hugefootballfan44	5	LW: 5
Jay_Dubbbs	5
jmac_21	5
JustAManAndHisLaptop	5
Keener1899	5
Lex_Ludorum	5
mthompson2320	5	LW: 7
nbingham196	5
nw____	5	Will not pretend I tuned in to watch them slaughter Maryland.
PattyKane16	5
PeteyNice	5
Pikachu1989	5
pileatedloon	5
Pyromania1983	5
Rakarei	5
Red261	5
redwave2505	5
RollWarTideEagle	5
royrules22	5
ryseing	5
SCsprinter13	5
seaotter2	5
Shion314	5
smartkeg	5	Convincing in at Iowa and a 1-point road loss to Texas is more evidence of this team being great than anyone behind them.
spmartin1993	5
srs_house	5
studio_sally	5
Tarmacked	5	See above
TDenverFan	5
TheReformedBadger	5
TheUltimate721	5
TheZachster	5
TolkienFan71	5
True_Ad5324	5	Up 1
UNC_Samurai	5
visor841	5
Wescat	5
Xy13	5
Zef_Apollo	5	Loss looks worse as Texas's offensive struggles continue to be on display. I'm not convinced this team isn't just Sayin spamming Jeremiah Smith 10+ times per game. I think if a team covers Smith effectively then OSU may be a 3 loss team. Lucky for them, that would take an NFL team to do. I suspect they win against Indiana.
_fastball	6
BallSoHerd	6
Bereft13	6	Power: 2, SoR: 15; LW: 7
Bill3ffinMurray	6
blahblehblahwhoru	6
BUSean	6
Cassiyus	6
CFBHurts	6
ch1l1_ch33s3	6
Charlemagne42	6	Adjustment: 0%
DarkLegend64	6
Darth_Ra	6
DavoinShower-handle	6
IceColdDrPepper_Here	6	OSU’s loss to Texas seems way more like a fluke now than an indication of who was actually the better team
jthomas694	6
LiptonCB	6
MADBuc49	6	-4. Would be the #6 playoff seed in this scenario, hosting #11 Wake Forest in the first round
MahjongDaily	6
Maladroit44	6	As with Indiana, a lot of what we know about OSU now is about to get substantially less relevant when the two face off. In the meantime, though, I'm feeling a little harsher about the Buckeyes' loss to Texas. I haven't punished them much for it until now because, well, a one-point loss in a hostile road environment early in the season against an undefeated top-ten team is about as excusable as it gets. But the Longhorns have shown a lot of cracks, even more so in their first loss of the season against OU. If the Sooners could expose Texas for their faults, and Tennessee almost could, it does reflect a bit poorly on Ohio State that they failed to do so, doesn't it?
malowry0124	6
ManiacalBlazer	6	84.782, (5-1). Remaining schedule will be tough. The other top ten battle this weekend with Indiana.
mellolizard	6
noahthearc	6
one98d	6
owl_man	6
Player_1_has_Joined	6
Polarbear1914	6
Pollaski	6
RedBarracuda25	6
RheagarTargaryen	6
RJEP22	6
Roscoe_Filburn	6	Texas beat Ohio State by 1 point. Oklahoma beat Texas by 3 points. Michigan beat Oklahoma by 7 points. Minnesota beat Michigan by 6 points. Purdue beat Minnesota by 28 points. So Purdue should beat Ohio State by 45 points. That's how this works, right?
spsellers	6
StFuzzySlippers	6
strikersteve60	6
Texasagsman	6
ThaCarter	6
titansfan174	6
twitter_paulbd	6	One-Loss BCR lost to Texas.
w8w8	6
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	6	(-2)
AlexanderComet	7
BearsAreGreat1	7
bwburke94	7	+10.1539676 (LW: #8)
Cars-and-Coffee	7
ChBass	7	The loss to the longhorns doesn't hurt much; the Buckeyes have been stacking wins and putting together a top 5 offense and a top-10 defense. There will be another chance for a quality win at Indiana next week to possibly vault them into the Top 5.
cinciforthewin	7
Colton3690	7
CRedds19	7
daredassdude	7
Doogitywoogity	7	I might be overreacting dropping them here. They weren’t the ones that lost, texas is. Luckily they face off with Indiana and I expect the winner of that to be the number two overall next week. It’ll either be them or ND if ND dismantles BYU
dubscurry30	7	—
ehoefler	7	87.16 | +1
eSpiritCorpse	7
frone	7
GenialGiant	7
Hackasizlak	7
ikindalikelemons	7
Jakesnake42	7	Will OSU learn the lessons from the Texas game for next week. Last Week: #5
Jerrywelfare	7
jrichardh	7
justsaynotoreddit	7
laprasrules	7
Noelthemexican	7
penisthightrap_	7
PSUMediaPA	7
Pure_Protein_Machine	7
Rcfan0902	7	1019.78 (+3)
ruwisc	7
sirvalkyerie	7
SpadeRyker	7
Striker743	7	Down 1 - UCLA passed
TaylorLeprechaun	7	+0
thomasosu	7
WarEagle9	7
Xtremeloco	7
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	8
Bank_Gothic	8
Chipsahoy523	8	-
CommodoreN7	8
Dropbackandpunt	8
infinitempg	8	0.881, +6
Klaassy23	8
Staind075	8
T-nawtical	8
The-Gothic-Castle	8
Tornadohunter24	8	(-)
AJ_CC	9
AlphaH4wk	9
BosskOnASegway	9	1888.3 -> 1850.8 [-37.5] (#6 -> #9)
CambodianDrywall	9
diehardcubforever	9
digdat0	9	9. Ohio State — Score: 0.196 | Results: 1.163, SOS Rank: #67, Quality: 0.074, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #7, Def Rk: #9
IAmAChemicalEngineer	9
JamoRedhead	9
nin478	9
owlalwaysloveyew	9
RiffRamBahZoo	9
soonerfreak	9
T-Thugs	9	Ohio State is 5-1 with a nice win over Iowa (5-1). They've got a big chance to move up in my rankings this week with a game against Indiana.
TheNSAAgent777	9
tks231	9
Acm0028	10
aggiebruin27	10
arbadak	10	.816 rating, 5-1, SOS .565 (+2)
Chris-P-Creme	10
COLU_BUS	10
grtgbln	10
hypercube42342	10	Power 2 / Resume 20
jimbobbypaul	10
MemeLovingLoser	10	Score 78.73 (▼ 0.11) | Place Change: ▼ 1 | Previous Rank: 9th | Wins Composite Rank: 11th | SoS Composite Rank: 10th | Margin of Victory Rank: 5th | Penalties Composite Rank: 59th | Yardage Composite Rank: 2nd | Turnover Composite Rank: 46th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 24th | Other Stats Rank: 82nd
Mr_Brews	10
Muffinnnnnnn	10
Noy_Telinu	10	That Quality Loss lost some shine, and UCLA beat Maryland on the road by more. Just saying.
placid_salad	10	LW: #9
plannedsickdays	10
SearonTrejorek	10	0.79637
vanburen1845	10
velociraptorfarmer	10
bakonydraco	11	91.690
Corgi_Koala	11
corundum9	11
DisraeliEers	11
douchebagjack	11	Best 3 Wins: Iowa, Illinois, Maryland. 1 Losses: Texas. A Maryland win doesn't move the needle at all, but it counts all the same in the win column. 5-1, but their quality loss takes a hit tier 2a: Bama, Texas, & tOSU are all 1-loss teams with great losses or Texas owns H2H v tOSU. So Texas > tOSU, and UGA > OU, so Bama > Texas > tOSU
grjohnst	11
HieloLuz	11	Ohio State has had a pretty easy schedule so far, with Texas and Iowa as the only meaningful opponents. The blowout win over Iowa is good, but it's all they have right now. That changes going forward, as Indiana, USC, Oregon, Northwestern, and Nebraska remain on the schedule.
Hobbes_121	11
jalexjsmithj	11	13.2
joebob431	11
kflinderman	11
OKgolfer	11
olmsted	11
RobertNeyland	11
SIMBONEGTP	11
ToeInDigDeep	11	5-1; loss to Texas; win over Iowa, Illinois, Maryland
A_Rolling_Baneling	12
hythloday1	12
manbeardawg	12
NotSoSuperNerd	12	1.810 [9.49-2.51]
NyquillusDillwad20	12
0010MK	13
bladefencer	13	0.870, -6, Pow: 3, Off: 6, Def: 7, SOR: 16
KJdkaslknv	13
Ruhrgebietheld	13
ColombianInIowa24	14	29.09 - Meh. Up next, Indiana! (Caught off guard).
Pablo49	14	831
CPiGuy2728	15
budget_um	16	Fall out of the top 10 along with their best win of the year so far
cvsprinter1	16	1-loss
dabul-master	16
luckroy	16
skuhlke	16
Stoneador	16	90 | 7 | 177
ShogunAshoka	19
Daigotsu	21
Hey_Its_Roomie	23
BlueSCar	24
Inkblot9	24

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	1	446
AoA_nB1	2	I really like Ohio State, (obvious comment here) the Buckeyes will go as far as their Heisman favorite WR will take them.
bendyburner	2
hbh110	2
HokiPoqi	2
jmdinbtr	2
NNul	2
Piptit	2
Protoco2	2
Sflabuckeye13	2
TyRoland06	2
chief_sitass	3
dee3Poh	3	.880
DownshiftGD	3
dstrainr	3
EL-YEO	3
huntmant	3
KevinDoesSports	3	I keep them above Miami because they have actually played a Top 10 school, and while hey did lose, it was still very close.
Kirkwood641	3
Klightgrove	3
maxwell6233	3
Menktenk	3
ninjatown23	3	The Texas loss may not age as well as anticipated. Move up in this week’s rank due to Texas losing to OU.
Ok_Boysenberry716	3
Pure-Shirt-5831	3
RJTrey	3
Salmon-Dude	3
saquad69	3
Scruggerboy	3
Select-Edge-3262	3
Star_Wars_Sith	3
thehornedlamb	3
2AcesRoth	4	net elo off def ridge fei conf +24.7 +25.4 38.9 13.5 +27.0 +21.6 Big Ten
_THE__BOULDER_	4	While Bo Jackson did put up 107 yards over 23 carries and scored twice, I'm a bit concerned over this offense's tendency to say "fuck it, #4 down there somewhere". Granted, Jeremiah Smith is good enough to be relied on like that, and this wasn't the game to necessarily be worried about that if you only look at the numbers - Smith was targeted 5 times, caught 4, and turned that into 93 yards. However, there was one play - the incomplete pass to Smith - that gives me pause. Sayin took a big hit there as he stood his ground to make the pass, but he really just chucked it and prayed it seemed, because he took the hit after he released the ball, and the throw was into double or triple coverage. It was thrown short and the only reason it wasn't picked was because the guy dropped it. This team's over reliance on Smith concerns me. While they haven't done anything to shake my faith in their current standing, I can't say that I'd be surprised if they end up losing another big game to big competition.
BigGamesShouldCount	4
bigred91224	4
BoilerUp28	4
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	4
drewscottt	4	--
gohncell	4
HHunko13	4
Intelligent_Fix_6972	4
Isthmus11	4	6-0, destroyed a terrible Maryland team even if they did not cover. Really looking forward to the Indiana matchup next week
jackmc04	4	(+2)
jibberishdhyukl	4
jis024	4
leadbymight	4
logace444444444	4	Their loss looks worse, but overall they still look like a top team. Keeping them about the same
loneSTAR_06	4
Lucaball3r	4
meta_irl	4
Nath0leon	4	-2. SOR at #15. Big chance to boost that this week vs. Indiana.
NebraskaPlainsman	4
newSomberMan	4
NoOutdoorSoup	4
PersianGuitarist	4
PrideSax711	4
PsychologicalFox8660	4
SaguaroCactus19	4
SpectralHydra	4
SportsCat4	4
sportstrap	4
TheCryptPartDeux	4
Tortillero96	4	W (5-1) H +29 vs Maryland (unranked) 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)
666PeaceKeepaGirl	5
70277027	5
AMETSFAN	5
Applesaucemannus	5	Looks dominant against every opponent. TEX loss flukey, better opponents than remaining undefeated teams. Giving respect for having the balls ti schedule TEX.
buccaneerboy22	5
Esb5415	5
Express_Dinner7918	5	Texas loss looks worse by the day. Probably the best team in the big 10 but won’t believe it until next week if they win
FindGreatness23	5
fm22fnam	5	-3
gonshpreds1	5
idnttcrisis	5
JJones927	5
jwrtf	5
kennethbring	5
LegendParkour	5
m3owzika	5
meristematic	5
myworld3	5
n8TLfan	5
NA_Faker	5
Original_Profile8600	5
Repulsive_Rub6443	5
RowDull8230	5
S2OP	5	(+1)
Scottyfer	5
spaceblev11	5
TomorrowFinal6642	5
Yamiosum	5
Blazemaster77	6
ChiTrojan2	6
d1sportsball	6	OSU has a worse loss and 1 less quality win compared to Bama, but with their schedule that could quickly change.
DillyDillySzn	6
FrontRunner51	6	(-1)
geordieColt88	6
GrimmacingGrinny	6
Hastronaut	6
Impossible-Still-349	6	(-)
KansasChaser2021	6
mathwrath55	6	Texas falling some hurts their resume a bit, but that's still not a bad loss at all
MyAngelMiraidon	6	-1 - Placement drop is literally only because their quality loss Texas went kaboom
NC_Pineapple	6
Noahsince2002	6
Ok_Significance_3803	6
owl-bears	6
pongislame	6
ResearchFlaky5912	6	Moves up one because Texas falls out from in front of them. Stuck behind 'Bama because they do not have a better win and their loss is worse. Winning against Indiana would probably springboard them in front.
Rishik01	6
rt13wx	6
samtaylor92	6
SignificanceFirm2398	6
SomerandomIDFBfan	6
Spazzatack	6
tbraptors	6	Once Ohio St wins a few more big games, they can rise over Texas. Still no reason for them to be above Texas with their only big win being against Iowa
TheBeekman8	6
WBLwiffleball	6
ArlyntheAwesome	7
beckett929	7
BlueRFR3100	7
bruhstevenson	7
Dawg-Bite	7
divey043	7
Effective-Lead-6657	7	(6) The Texas loss is looking worse with Texas's loss. Still, this roster is so talented that I expect the Buckeyes to win out.
Flaky_Bit6733	7
FoodCourtDruid	7
FuzzyDunlop911	7
grahamca	7	T11ᵗʰ W/L, T11ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 5ᵗʰ Team Strength, 5ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
josh55134	7
jtchr33	7	I moved them down, so what. They have a big chance to move up and show that they are the top again.
jtsmd2	7
kevinsdomain	7
LightningDusty	7	=
manbeqrpig	7
Mossed26	7
ndbfsu22	7
OG_Felwinter	7
Pyroblockx	7
ted1995	7
thatoneguyD13	7	Tier 2. Flawed team but lots of talent. A win over Indiana would move them up.
BeyondLiesTheWub	8	change from last week: -2
isrealball	8
National-Sundae9427	8	I was disappointed in them this week. I was expecting a similar result that UCLA got against a dumpster fire but they couldn’t pull it off. That and the 4th quarter collapse against Texas makes me suspect of them
Yelich04	8	v2
Living_Human	9	80.33
quantum_jedi	9	(58.45, -3) Took care of business at home against a woeful Maryland. Hard to take much away from this one.
Rhizical	9
GDSamstag	10
SonOfGarry	10
DarthGlazer	11	unfortunately texas has same 1-loss and you lost to them. jeremiah smith is him
Fluid_Theory_6587	11
JackWK_Gaming	11
NonZero-Chance	11
ThompsonCreekTiger	11
g_trechel	12
mathmanhale	12
wittingtarsier	12
alexjcode_com	13	784
ogsmurf826	13
1Subject	16
CallMeTheKing	16	100-11-26
ianmcmoney	17	76.90%
LegionMammal978	17	[T17.] (−10) GS .875, TS −225: 100% #17 Iowa = 100% #17 Texas.
Nervous_Metal_9445	17	Texas > Ohio State
DCorNothing	18
bocnj	21
bryophyta_insolitam	23

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