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2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Buckeyes logo.svg
Sugar Bowl, W 31–26 (vacated) vs. Arkansas
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 5
2010 record 0–1, 12 wins vacated (0–1 Big Ten, 7 wins vacated)
Head coach Jim Tressel (10th year)
Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman (10th year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jim Heacock (6th; 15th overall year)
Co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell (6th; 10th overall year)
Base defense 4–3
MVP Dane Sanzenbacher
Captain
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(c. 102,329, Field Turf)
Seasons
« 2009 2011 »
2010 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#7 Wisconsin $+   7 1         11 2  
#14 Michigan State +   7 1         11 2  
Iowa   4 4         8 5  
Illinois   4 4         7 6  
Penn State   4 4         7 6  
Michigan   3 5         7 6  
Northwestern   3 5         7 6  
Purdue   2 6         4 8  
Minnesota   2 6         3 9  
Indiana   1 7         5 7  
#5 Ohio State %   0* 1         0* 1  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • *All wins for Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) in the 2010 season are vacated
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll
Marshall at #2 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Marshall 7 0 0 0 7
#2 Ohio State 21 14 7 3 45
#12 Miami (Florida) at #2 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Miami (FL) 7 10 0 7 24
#2 Ohio State 3 23 10 0 36
Ohio at #2 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Ohio 0 0 0 7 7
#2 Ohio State 17 17 9 0 43
Eastern Michigan at #2 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Michigan 0 14 6 0 20
#2 Ohio State 24 14 14 21 73
#2 Ohio State at Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Ohio State 7 7 0 10 24
Illinois 7 3 0 3 13
Indiana at #2 Ohio State
1 2 3 4 Total
Indiana 0 0 3 7 10
#2 Ohio State 14 17 7 0 38
#1 Ohio State at #18 Wisconsin
1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Ohio State 0 3 7 8 18
#18 Wisconsin 14 7 0 10 31

The 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented The Ohio State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Buckeyes were coached by Jim Tressel and played their home games in Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They were members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Buckeyes finished the season officially 0-1 with the only game not vacated being a loss to Wisconsin.

If their wins had not been vacated they would have finished 13–1 and 7–1 in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes played in a BCS game for the sixth consecutive year. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they defeated Arkansas, 31–26. It would have been the school's first win in a bowl game against a team from the Southeastern Conference, having lost its previous nine such contests. On July 8, 2011, in the wake of NCAA violations for improper benefits to student athletes and the subsequent cover, Ohio State vacated all of its victories, as well as the conference and Sugar Bowl championships, from the 2010 season as self-imposed sanctions.

The Buckeyes entered the 2010 football season coming off of an 11–2 season and going 7–1 in the Big Ten. Ohio State lost to USC and Purdue in the 2009 football season, preventing them from going to the BCS National Championship Game. However with a late season run, the Buckeyes finished as the outright Big Ten champions and won the 2010 Rose Bowl over the Oregon Ducks 26–17. Ohio State entered the 2010 season ranked #2 in the coaches poll.


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