Buckeyes Football: One of College Football's Most Lethal Rosters
The Ohio State Buckeyes football program has been on quite a run lately. Over the past 10 seasons, coaches Urban Meyer and Ryan Day have led the program to a 116-15 record and two national championship appearances, including Meyers' title in 2014.
A lot of that is thanks to aggressive recruiting and elite coaching.
Steve Lassan of Athlon Sports recently ranked college football's best rosters using 247Sports' Composite Team Rankings, taking the average of every program's last five signing classes.
The Buckeyes tied for third on the list with the LSU Tigers and cited their signing classes over the last five seasons as part of the reason why.
T-3. OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Average signing class over last five seasons: 6.0
Record during that stretch: 55-7
When you're able to sign four consecutive top-five classes, the ability to win conference championships and a national title is the expectation. Ohio State doesn't have the elusive crown under coach Ryan Day just yet, however. Last season's loss to Georgia in the playoff semifinal proved the Buckeyes' roster was good enough to compete with the very best, but consecutive setbacks against Michigan are the elephant in the room for this coaching staff. Ohio State must find a way to get over that hump in 2023 and take the Big Ten, given this level of talent.
Many college football "experts" think the Buckeyes should have had more national titles over the last 10 years with the record that they have.
But with the current lethal roster they have, those national titles could be coming sooner than later.
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