The 2017 season's largest margin: Ohio State 56, Rutgers 0. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Top-10 Year
Ohio State finished 2017 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
- J.T. BarrettQB3,053 passing yards
- Dwayne HaskinsQB565 passing yards
- J.K. DobbinsRB1,403 rushing yards
- Mike WeberRB626 rushing yards
- Antonio WilliamsRB290 rushing yards
- Parris CampbellWR584 receiving yards
- K.J. HillWR549 receiving yards
- Terry McLaurinWR436 receiving yards
- Jerome BakerLB72 tackles
- Jordan FullerS70 tackles
- Damon WebbS61 tackles
- Nick BosaDE8.5 sacks
- Tyquan LewisDL7 sacks
- Sam HubbardDE7 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Ohio State 24, Iowa 55. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Ohio State beat USC 24-7 in the postseason.
"The standard is the standard."
2017 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.