The Nittany Lions open the 2025 season with four consecutive home games, including the first visit from Oregon since 1964.

The Nittany Lions ended in the top five for the first time since 2005. It’s the first time the Big Ten has had three teams in the final top five. Ohio State was No. 1 and Oregon was No. 3.

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel is a preseason Penn State believer, placing the Nittany Lions atop his too-early top 25 for 2025. "I'm skeptical they can actually pull it off," Mandel writes, "but on paper, James Franklin's team deserves that status given how many players are returning."

The same story is true across the depth chart, with talented players ready to replace the Ducks departing seniors.

But these days, it takes the GDP of a small country to keep a roster intact in college football. Ohio State spent the money to do it in 2024. Penn State is trying to do it in 2025. The Nittany Lions,

Ohio State claims No. 1 in the final top 25 rankings, followed by Notre Dame, Georgia, Texas, and Penn State. Here are Athlon Sports' top 25 college football teams for the 2024-25 season:

It would help the fans’ enjoyment of the game,” said ESPN's Chris Fowler, who called Ohio State's win over Notre Dame on Monday night. “You need some centralized scheduli

The Ohio State Buckeyes will play for a national championship on Monday night. After rampaging through three rounds of the College Football Playoff, the Buckeyes will meet the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta (7:30 p.

With the 2024 college football season over, here's a look at Ohio State football's 2025 schedule, including dates for the Buckeyes' biggest games: