From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about our Unreasonable Expectations. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our Unreasonable Expectations here.
Just about every year, we head into the college football season thinking Ohio State is going to go undefeated, win the Big Ten, and go on to win the national championship. Thankfully, the Buckeyes were able to win the national title last year, since they haven’t been able to accomplish the other two objectives recently. The last time Ohio State went to Indianapolis and won the Big Ten Championship Game was back in 2020.
The undefeated season drought has gone on even longer, as the most recent perfect season came in 2002 when the Buckeyes capped off their perfect season with an overtime win over Miami in the BCS National Championship Game. You can also count 2012 since Urban Meyer went 12-0 in his first year in charge at Ohio State, but that season deserves an asterisk since the Buckeyes self-imposed a postseason ban following the “Tatgate” scandal.
For teams in the Power 4 conferences, there isn’t as much importance to an undefeated season now that the College Football Playoff features 12 teams, and soon will be expanding to 16 teams. Last year, Ohio State lost two games but got hot at the right time and won four playoff games to earn another national title.
There could be an argument that going undefeated, winning your conference title, and earning a bye could be more harm than good. Just look at Oregon, which lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl after the Ducks finished the regular season undefeated before beating Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game.
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Publish date : 2025-06-29 12:01:00
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