How Ryan Day voted for Ohio State football in final 2025 coaches poll

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos...

How Ryan Day voted for Ohio State football in final 2025 coaches poll

Ohio State coach Ryan Day ranked his Buckeyes No. 5 on his final ballot for the US LBM Coaches Poll.

It was one spot higher than the Buckeyes’ actual ranking in the poll that was released on Jan. 20 following the College Football Playoff.

Day put the Buckeyes ahead of Georgia, which rounded out the top-five in the final ranking. The Bulldogs also lost in the quarterfinals to end their season.

The rest of Day’s top-five mirrored the final coaches poll with national champion Indiana at No. 1, followed by Miami at No. 2, Mississippi at No. 3 and Oregon at No. 4.

Day returned as one of the 62 participating coaches in the poll in 2023. He had also voted in 2019 in his first year as the Buckeyes’ coach. Their final ballots were made public this week by USA TODAY Sports, which sponsors the poll in a partnership with the American Football Coaches Association and US LBM.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day leads warm-ups prior to the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31, 2025. The Buckeyes lost the matchup 24-14 to Miami (FLA).

Day full ballot can be found below:

Ryan Day Coaches Poll ballot

  1. Indiana
  2. Miami
  3. Mississippi
  4. Oregon
  5. Ohio State
  6. Georgia
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Alabama
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Texas A&M
  11. Brigham Young
  12. Notre Dame
  13. Texas
  14. Utah
  15. Virginia
  16. Iowa
  17. Vanderbilt
  18. Southern California
  19. Arizona
  20. Tulane
  21. Houston
  22. Georgia Tech
  23. Michigan
  24. Illinois
  25. North Texas

Get more Ohio State football news by listening to our podcasts

Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Email him at jkaufman@dispatch.com and follow along on Bluesky, Instagram and X for more.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: How Ohio State football's Ryan Day voted in final 2025 coaches poll

More at NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos