COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes begin the 2024 season ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, continuing their streak of top-five finishes in the organization’s first poll of the season. Since 2013 — in 12 preseason polls — the Buckeyes have been ranked in the top 10 every year and have been in the top five 10 times. This is the fourth time in the last eight years that Ohio State has begun the season ranked No. 2.
That’s not the only impressive streak that continued Monday, though. The Buckeyes extended their nation-leading streak of preseason AP Poll rankings to 36 consecutive years, which is 11 years longer than any other team in the country and also the longest in Associated Press history.
Longest active streaks – AP preseason poll appearances
1. Ohio State – 36 years (1989-present)
2. Oklahoma – 25 years (2000-present)
3. Georgia – 23 years (2002-present)
4. Alabama – 17 years (2008-present)
5. Clemson – 13 years (2012-present)
Ohio State has appeared in 71 of 75 AP preseason polls since its inception in 1950, more than any other program in the country. The only years Ohio State was absent were 1966, 1967, 1979 and 1988.
Total number of appearances in the AP preseason poll
1. Ohio State – 71
2. Oklahoma – 66
3.USC – 63
4. Notre-Dame – 61
5. Alabama – 58
The Buckeyes have now appeared in at least one AP Poll for the 57th consecutive year, which is by far the longest winning streak in the country and the longest in the history of the AP Poll. No other team currently has a winning streak of more than 28 consecutive years.
Series of appearances in the AP poll season
1. Ohio State – 57 seasons (1968-present)
2. Georgia – 28 seasons (1997-present)
3. Oregon – 27 seasons (1998-present)
4. Oklahoma – 26 seasons (1999-present)
5. LSU – 25 seasons (2000-present)
More recently, Ohio State has started the season ranked in the top five of eight for the past 10 years (the two exceptions being 2016 and 2023, when it finished at No. 6). Between the 2013-24 seasons, Ohio State has finished No. 2, No. 5, 1, 6, 2, 5, 5, 2, 4, 2, 6 and 2. Since 2012, the program has been ranked in 195 consecutive polls in which it was qualified. That’s the fifth-longest streak in poll history.
No school has appeared in more polls – or in a larger percentage of them – than Ohio State.
Total number of appearances in the AP poll
1. Ohio State – 983 (79.7 percent of all polls)
2. Michigan – 920 (74.6 percent)
3. Oklahoma – 899 (72.9 percent)
4. Alabama and Notre Dame – 874 (70.9 percent)
B1G duel is imminent
Ohio State’s schedule includes three games against top-10 opponents, including the highly anticipated matchup against No. 3 Oregon on Oct. 12, the first such game between the two schools as conference opponents. In addition, the Buckeyes will face No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Michigan. A date with No. 25 Iowa is also on the schedule (Oct. 5).
Single tickets for Ohio State University games
Individual tickets for Ohio State’s eight-game home schedule in 2024 can be purchased online at http://go.osu.edu/fbtix.
Ohio State opens its 135th football season on Saturday, August 31 against Akron. The Buckeyes will also host Central Michigan (September 7 – 7:30 p.m.), Marshall (September 21), Iowa (October 5), Nebraska (October 26), Purdue (November 9), Indiana (November 23) and Michigan (November 30).
