Where Ohio State football ranks in ESPN SP+ 2022 rankings projections
Ohio State football has continually been at or near the top of ESPN’s SP+ Rankings over the last few years. It’s a predictive formula that Bill Connelly manages and includes returning production, recruiting, recent history, and other data elements that — according to ESPN — are built as a “tempo and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. It is a predictive measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football … These are simply early offseason power rankings based on the information that we have been able to gather to date.”
With so many skill players returning on the offensive side of the ball and with the recent success on the field and recruiting, you would naturally expect Ohio State to be pretty high on the projections for the 2022 season. You would not be wrong.
In fact, the ESPN SP+ Rankings projections (subscription required) have Ohio State among the top few teams in the country, but how high exactly? We go through the top 25 for you based on whatever formula goes into making the college football sausage.
25
Auburn Tigers
Breaking Down the Numbers
Projected SP+: 13.2
Offensive SP+: 31.4 (45th)
Defensive SP+: 18.2 (14th)
24
Florida State Semionoles
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Projected SP+: 13.4
Offensive SP+: 31.2 (47th)
Defensive SP+: 17.8 (13th)
23
BYU Cougars
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Projected SP+: 14.1
Offensive SP+: 37.6 (11th)
Defensive SP+: 23.6 (48th)
22
Ole Miss Rebels
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Projected SP+: 14.4
Offensive SP+: 35.1 (27th)
Defensive SP+: 20.7 (28th)
21
Kentucky Wildcats
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Projected SP+: 14.5
Offensive SP+: 34.6 (29th)
Defensive SP+: 20.2 (24th)
20
Miami Hurricanes
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Projected SP+: 14.6
Offensive SP+: 35.5 (24th)
Defensive SP+: 20.9 (29th)
19
Minnesota Golden Gophers
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Projected SP+: 14.6
Offensive SP+: 31.1 (48th)
Defensive SP+: 16.5 (9th)
18
Florida Gators
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Projected SP+: 15.0
Offensive SP+: 37.5 (13th)
Defensive SP+: 22.4 (39th)
17
Michigan State Spartans
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Projected SP+: 15.3
Offensive SP+: 34.1 (35th)
Defensive SP+: 18.7 (17th)
16
Penn State Nittany Lions
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Projected SP+: 15.9
Offensive SP+: 30.2 (56th)
Defensive SP+: 14.3 (7th)
15
North Carolina State
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Projected SP+: 16.0
Offensive SP+: 31.8 (43rd)
Defensive SP+: 15.8 (8th)
14
Utah Utes
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Projected SP+: 16.2
Offensive SP+: 37.6 (12th)
Defensive SP+: 21.4 (33rd)
13
Pittsburgh Panthers
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Projected SP+: 16.2
Offensive SP+: 37.3 (15th)
Defensive SP+: 21.1 (31st)
12
Mississippi State Bulldogs
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Projected SP+: 16.8
Offensive SP+: 35.3 (26th)
Defensive SP+: 18.5 (15th)
11
Cincinnati Bearcats
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Projected SP+: 17.2
Offensive SP+: 36.5 (19th)
Defensive SP+: 19.2 (20th)
10
Wisconsin Badgers
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Projected SP+: 17.7
Offensive SP+: 29.3 (62nd)
Defensive SP+: 11.6 (2nd)
9
Tennessee Volunteers
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Projected SP+: 18.7
Offensive SP+: 41.6 (3rd)
Defensive SP+: 22.9 (42nd)
8
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Projected SP+: 19.0
Offensive SP+: 35.8 (22nd)
Defensive SP+: 16.7 (10th)
7
Oklahoma Sooners
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Projected SP+: 19.2
Offensive SP+: 39.9 (6th)
Defensive SP+: 20.7 (27th)
6
Texas A&M Aggies
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Projected SP+: 20.1
Offensive SP+: 34.3 (34th)
Defensive SP+: 14.2 (6th)
5
Clemson Tigers
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