The 2015 season's largest margin: Ohio State 49, Rutgers 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Top-10 Year
Ohio State finished 2015 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Cardale JonesQB1,460 passing yards
- J.T. BarrettQB992 passing yards
- Ezekiel ElliottRB1,821 rushing yards
- Braxton MillerQB260 rushing yards
- Michael ThomasWR781 receiving yards
- Jalin Marshall?477 receiving yards
- Curtis Samuel?289 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio State 14, Michigan State 17. A 3-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio State beat Notre Dame 44-28 in the postseason.
"The standard is the standard."
2015 is a middle chapter for Ohio State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.