Buckeyes maintain No. 1 spot in Week 10 college football rankings

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes will go into November as the No. 1 team in the nation as it pushes towards a 12-0 regular season record.

Ohio State (7-0, 4-0), kept its No. 1 spot in the Week 10 USA Today coaches rankings despite being on a bye Saturday. The Buckeyes will return to the field on Nov. 1 to host unranked Penn State at noon from Ohio Stadium.

Head coach Ryan Day's side is chasing its first undefeated 12-game regular season since 2019 and its first appearance in a Big Ten Championship Game since the COVID-shortened 2020 season.

The chief rival for the Buckeyes in the Big Ten this year is No. 2 Indiana, who steamrolled UCLA 56-6 on Saturday in Bloomington. While Ohio State has one more ranked team on its schedule (No. 21 Michigan), Indiana will not play another ranked opponent this season.

Joining Ohio State in the rankings once again is Cincinnati (7-1, 5-0), who moved up to No. 16 as one of two Big 12 teams yet to lose in conference play. Also in the new top 25 is Navy, who remains undefeated and is led by quarterback and Hilliard-native Blake Horvath.

2025 USA Today coaches rankings (Oct. 26, 2025)

1	Ohio State (62)
2	Indiana
3	Texas A&M (2)
4	Alabama
5	Georgia
6	Oregon
7	Georgia Tech
8	Ole Miss
9	Miami
10	BYU
11	Vanderbilt
12	Notre Dame
13	Texas Tech
14	Tennessee
15	Virginia
16	Cincinnati
17	Louisville
18	Oklahoma
19	Texas
20	Missouri
21	Michigan
22	Houston
23	Navy
24	Utah
25	Memphis

The Buckeyes' projected opponent for the College Football Playoff using this week's rankings is the winner of a first-round game between No. 8 Ole Miss and No. 9 Miami in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl.

The first official College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. The Buckeyes have opened as the No. 1 team in the CFP poll on two previous occasions (2023, 2019).