Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has a chance to lead his team to the College Football Playoff national championship game on Friday night, but first the Buckeyes must defeat the Texas Longhorns. Here’s a look back at Day’s complete history in bowl games through the years.

By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.

Ohio State fans have complicated feelings toward Day, who has lost four straight to Michigan but is one win away from a national title.

The Ohio State Buckeyes moved on to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game despite a one catch performance from Jeremiah Smith

Here's a look at Ohio State coach Ryan Day's College Football Playoff record and history going into Saturday's first-round game vs. Tennessee:

The Ohio State Buckeyes were down out. They'd just lost to rival Michigan for the fourth consecutive year and, in turn, missed out on the Big Ten

Ryan Day has had a massive rollercoaster season in 2024. So have the Ohio State Buckeyes for that matter. At the start of the season, Ohio State was widely viewed as the most talented team in the nation.

It has been a roller coaster of a few months for Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes. In mid-October, they went into Eugene as the No. 2 team in the nation to play No. 3 Oregon, and OSU walked away with a tough loss.