THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

OHIO STATE.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK

#16

AP RANK

RECORD

4–1

COMPUTER SCORE

83.65

Ohio State is #16 with a 4–1 record. Results contributes 20.00 points to its 83.65 total. Its most valuable win is over Iowa (31–14), worth 2.43 résumé units. Road / neutral is its lowest component at 65.3/100. The next team, Kentucky, scores 83.66. The published tiebreak rules determine this order.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v1.0.0

Results · 25%

80.0 / 100

+20.000 points

Quality wins · 20%

86.9 / 100

+17.372 points

Strength of schedule · 20%

85.4 / 100

+17.080 points

Strength of record · 15%

86.9 / 100

+13.029 points

Road / neutral · 8%

65.3 / 100

+5.226 points

Capped dominance · 7%

92.7 / 100

+6.489 points

Loss quality · 5%

89.1 / 100

+4.453 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 83.64963504
Adjusted OWP: 0.631579 · OOWP: 0.612500 · Raw SOS: 0.625855

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK

Movement history appears after the next published week.

THE RECEIPTS.

WK	OPPONENT	SITE	RESULT	OPP. QUALITY	WIN VALUE	LOSS PENALTY
2	Texas	Road	L 23–24	0.8746	—	1.1060
1	Ball State	home	W 56–3	0.2870	+1.5588	—
3	Kent State	home	W 59–3	0.5044	+1.8305	—
4	Illinois	home	W 42–19	0.4816	+1.8021	—
5	Iowa	Road	W 31–14	0.8548	+2.4304	—

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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