There aren’t too many college football programs that are on par with Ohio State historically, or over the last few years for that matter. You can make a case for maybe two or three others that are in the same stratosphere as what we’ve seen in Columbus recently.
So what if you ranked the college football programs over the last decade using a point system to determine which has had the best run from 2010-2019? Lucky for you The Sporting News did just that very thing. It used a point system to rank the success of college football programs, and we’re pretty sure you might be interested to know that Ohio State finished extremely high in its top 25 results.
Before we reveal where the Buckeyes finished, let’s first look at the point system used by Bill Bender of The Sporting News so that you know what we’re dealing with. It’s not an exact science by any means, but it at least puts some separating metrics out there. And unlike other ranking systems, at least we know what’s in the special sauce.
Here’s how The Sporting News broke it all down:
National championships: 10 points each
National title game appearances: 5 points each
College Football Playoff appearances: 5 points each
New Year’s Day Six/BCS bowl appearances: 3 points each
Heisman Trophy winners: 2 points each“Overall winning percentage, All-Americans and NFL Draft first-round picks were awarded with a poll style 15-1 score. Ties were broken by the team with the best overall record since 2010.”
Now that we have that out of the way, here’s where all of that broke down for Ohio State.