2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Conference	Big Ten Conference East Division
2015 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ed Warinner (4th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Tim Beck (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Luke Fickell (10th year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Chris Ash (2nd year)
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 104,944)


2015 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
Indiana	0	–	0	0	–	0
Maryland	0	–	0	0	–	0
Michigan	0	–	0	0	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Ohio State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Penn State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	0	0	–	0
Western Division
Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
Iowa	0	–	0	0	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	0	0	–	0
Nebraska	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	0	0	–	0
Purdue	0	–	0	0	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	0	0	–	0
Championship: December 5, 2015
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team will represent The Ohio State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Buckeye's 126th overall, the 103rd as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and second as a member of the Eastern Division. The team will be led by Urban Meyer, in his fourth year as head coach, and with play its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State will enter the season as the reigning college football national champions.

Schedule

The Big Ten Conference released the schedule for the 2015 season on June 3, 2013.^[1] Ohio State will face all six Eastern Division opponents Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers.^[1] Ohio State will also face two Western Division opponents: rival Illinois and Minnesota.^[1] Ohio State will play four non-conference games: Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference, and Northern Illinois and Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference. Ohio State has one bye week during the season between their games against Rutgers and Minnesota.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site
September 7	TBA	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA
September 12	TBA	Hawaii*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 19	TBA	Northern Illinois*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
September 26	TBA	Western Michigan*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 3	TBA	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN
October 10	TBA	Maryland	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 17	TBA	Penn State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Rivalry)
October 24	TBA	at Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 7	TBA	Minnesota	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 14	TBA	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)
November 21	TBA	Michigan State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
November 28	TBA	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game notes

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech	0	0	0	0	0

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia

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Hawaii

	1	2	Total
Hawaii			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Northern Illinois

	1	2	Total
Northern Illinois			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Western Michigan

	1	2	Total
Western Michigan			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Indiana

	1	2	Total
Ohio State			0
Indiana			0

Location: Bloomington, Indiana

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Maryland

	1	2	Total
Maryland			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Penn State

	1	2	Total
Penn State			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Rutgers

	1	2	Total
Ohio State			0
Rutgers			0

Location: Piscataway, New Jersey

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Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Minnesota			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Illinois

See also: 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Illinois–Ohio State football rivalry

Illibuck

	1	2	Total
Ohio State			0
Illinois			0

Location: Champaign, Illinois

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Michigan State

	1	2	Total
Michigan State			0
Ohio State			0

Location: Columbus, Ohio

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Michigan

The Game

	1	2	Total
Ohio State			0
Michigan			0

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Big Ten Announces 2015 Conference Football Schedule". Big Ten Conference. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
↑ "2015 Ohio State Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

Ohio State Buckeyes football

Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State

Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man The Ohio State University Marching Band "Holy Buckeye" "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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