The Ohio State Buckeyes put the college football world on notice during the Rose Bowl with a 41-21 win over No. 1 Oregon that wasn't as close as the score indicated. Coach Ryan Day's Buckeyes jumped out to a 34-0 lead over Dan Lanning's Ducks and coasted to the win.

Ryan Day suffered perhaps the worst loss of his Ohio State tenure on Nov. 30, as the Buckeyes dropped their all-important rivalry game against Michigan 13–10. There were plenty of calls for Day's job after that game, his fourth consecutive loss to the Wolverines,

There once wasn't a hotter seat in college football than what Ohio State’s head coach Ryan Day was sitting on. In 2025, he’s the hottest coach in the country.