COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State continues to hold the No. 1 position in the third College Football Playoff rankings of the season after improving to 10-0. Ohio State opened the CFP in the No. 1 spot and maintained that ranking in week two. Behind the Buckeyes are No. 2 Indiana, No. 3 Texas A&M [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on Tuesday said the possibility of allowing high school student-athletes in Ohio to make money from their name, image and likeness is a "great opportunity." Day was asked about his thoughts during his weekly news conference as member schools across the Ohio High School Athletic [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With just two games left in the regular season, Ohio State turns its attention to the final home game of the regular season as Rutgers visits Ohio Stadium. And the health statuses of receivers Carnell Tate and Jeremiah Smith are still up in the air. Coach Ryan Day addressed the media [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Lower.com Field, the home of the Crew, will have a new name for the start of the 2026 MLS season. The team announced Monday morning that Lower.com, a mortgage lender based in Columbus, is allowing its naming rights to expire on the 20,000-seat stadium that opened in the Arena District in [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's getting down to the wire as the high school football season has mere weeks left until state champions are crowned. On Sunday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced this weekβs regional finals, which will be played this Friday, Nov. 21, starting at 7 p.m., with the games moving to [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Fresh off of a 48-10 win over UCLA, Ohio State is once again the No. 1 team in college football. Ohio State (10-0, 7-0) was named the top-ranked team in the USA Today coaches poll and AP poll, continuing its first-place streak. The ranking follows a convincing win under the lights [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A kickoff time has been announced for Ohio State's final home game of the season Saturday against Rutgers. The game will kickoff at noon at Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes' last regular season game at home. The game will be the 11th matchup between the two teams, with Ohio State undefeated against [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's perfect season continued Saturday with a convincing 48-10 win over UCLA under the lights at Ohio Stadium. Julian Sayin finished his night completing 74% of his passes for 184 yards and a touchdown. The No. 1 Buckeyes' running backs showed up big, with three different running backs accounting for [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Two teams from Olentangy schools will meet on Friday night, and only one will advance to a regional final in Ohio's high school football playoffs. At 7 p.m., top-seeded Olentangy Orange (11-0) will play host to No. 5 Olentangy Liberty (8-4) in our Game of the Week on Football Friday Nite. [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- No. 1 Ohio State will be home and under the lights of Ohio Stadium Saturday to take on UCLA. The Buckeyes (9-0) are looking to achieve their 32nd 10-win season ever and enter the game having won 13 straight games, the longest active streak in the nation. The Bruins are 3-6 [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Living in either Columbus or Ann Arbor, Michigan, does not ensure that someone picks a side in the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry. NBC Sports' Mike Tirico is proof of that. Tirico, NBC's host of the Olympics and play-by-play announcer for Sunday Night Football, has lived with his family in Ann Arbor since [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) β There havenβt been too many November night games at Ohio Stadium. This Saturday against UCLA will be the sixth. The timing is also unusual because it will mark only the third season the Buckeyes have played three home night games. The first was in 2014 against Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, and Illinois; [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The countdown to the rivalry game is on. We all know Buckeye fans take their love for Ohio State seriously, but some wear that passion a little more permanently than others. From Block O's to Brutus the Buckeye, fans are proving there's no better way to show their scarlet and gray [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After another dominant performance on the road, No. 1 Ohio State returns to Ohio Stadium for one final homestand in the regular season. Coach Ryan Day talked with reporters on Tuesday from the team room at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, previewing this weekend's matchup with UCLA. You can watch his [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A New Jersey judge ruled Monday that roadside comments made by the man accused of fatally hitting the Gaudreau brothers can be admitted as evidence in court. Attorneys for Sean Higgins, the man accused of striking and killing Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, argued the comments [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's going to take a little longer until we learn the final unannounced kickoff time of Ohio State's football season. The Buckeyes said Monday morning that the Big Ten will use a six-day window to determine the starting time for their home game Nov. 22 against Rutgers. That means the kickoff [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- With yet another win under its belt, Ohio State is sailing into week 12 at No. 1 once again. Ohio State (9-0, 6-0) was named the top-ranked team in the USA Today coaches poll and Associated Press poll after beating Purdue 34-10 on the road. Saturday's win highlighted Ohio State's ability [...]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WCMH) -- Noticeably during Ohio State's game at Purdue, Carnell Tate has not appeared on the field on any of Ohio Stateβs first three drives. He is dressed and on the sidelines but does not have his helmet on. Tate was not listed on the injury report released before the game but [...]