2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten East Division co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl, W 44–28 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record12–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEd Warinner (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTim Beck (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorLuke Fickell (10th; 15th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorChris Ash (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
CaptainJ. T. Barrett
Jacoby Boren
Joshua Perry
Tyvis Powell
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^   7 1     12 2  
No. 4 Ohio State x   7 1     12 1  
No. 12 Michigan   6 2     10 3  
Penn State   4 4     7 6  
Indiana   2 6     6 7  
Rutgers   1 7     4 8  
Maryland   1 7     3 9  
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy   8 0     12 2  
No. 23 Northwestern   6 2     10 3  
No. 21 Wisconsin   6 2     10 3  
Nebraska   3 5     6 7  
Minnesota   2 6     6 7  
Illinois   2 6     5 7  
Purdue   1 7     2 10  
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Buckeyes' 126th season overall, the 103rd as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and second as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his fourth year as head coach, and played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished the season 12–1, 7–1 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for the East Division championship with Michigan State. Due to their head-to-head loss to Michigan State, they did not represent the East Division in the Big Ten Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Notre Dame.