What it looked like when a large group of intrepid Ohio State football fans broke into Ohio Stadium to celebrate the Buckeyes' national championship.

The Bucknuts team has its finger on the pulse of Ohio State transfer portal news, recruiting, coaching staff moves and more

Ohio State comes in ahead of the best the SEC has to offer and Big Ten rival Penn State to lead the way in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for the 2025 season. The No. 1 Buckeyes have to replace quarterback Will Howard but will be able to surround the new starter with an elite collection of skill talent headlined by star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.

The Ohio State football team will be making one more trip to the Horseshoe to cap off the 2024 season. The Buckeyes announced they're staging a

ATLANTA — The early betting favorite to win next year's national championship: Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time: What sort of sport will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.

In the history of the college football, no team has faced a tougher path to the championship. OSU fell to No. 8 in the CFP bracket after losing to Michigan but outscored its four postseason opponents – No. 9 Tennessee, No. 1 Oregon, No. 5 Texas and No. 7 Notre Dame – by a combined score of 145-75.

It's never too early to look ahead to the next college football season. Here's a look at the top matchups of a loaded schedule to start 2025:

Ohio State coach Ryan Day and his primary assistants combined for nearly $5 million in bonuses from the Buckeyes' national championship.

Monday night in Atlanta, Ohio State won the first national championship of the 12-team College Football Playoff era. In the process, the Buckeyes showed provided the rest of the college football world with the blueprint for success going forward in this new landscape.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.

And yet, Ohio State was able to change course and absolutely dominate their way to a college football title through the 12-team playoff gauntlet. To celebrate Ohio State’s hard-fought title win, here are the best, most glorious photos from the Buckeyes’ postgame celebrations.

The usual suspects will line up in 2025 to compete for spots in the second go-round of the 12-team College Football Playoff.