The Ohio State Buckeyes have had a fascinating 2024-25 season. Picked as one of the best teams in the country, with a roster that ranked as the most talented in the entire sport, they found themselves the object of a significant amount of criticism as the season progressed.

OSU’s devastating offense ranks Top 10 on each side of the ball in success rate, EPA/play and marginal efficiency. The main areas of weakness on offense are the Ohio State O-line’s ability to handle extra rushers, ranking 78th with a 9.2% blitz down sack rate, and a somewhat elevated 10.2% blown run block rate that checks in at 94th nationally.

With less than one week until the College Football Playoff national championship game between Ohio State and Notre Dame, the Buckeyes’ coordinators will offer their thoughts Tuesday afternoon. This is Kelly’s first season on the Ohio State coaching staff but not his first trip to a championship game.

Notre Dame will play Ohio State for the college football national championship on Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. No. 7 Notre Dame beat No. 10 Indiana 27-17 in the first round of the College Football Playoff and upended No.

Ohio State had its toughest College Football Playoff game of its three-game run against Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The Buckeyes won, 28-14, but it really came down to two game-changing plays made by seniors.

There were some drastic contrasts for Ohio State after big defensive end Jack Sawyer’s legend-making play in this Cotton Bowl, primarily that the Buckeyes won and now get to play for another national championship.