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How Ryan Day voted for Ohio State football in final 2025 coaches poll
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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.
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Day put the Buckeyes ahead of Georgia , which rounded out the top five in the final ranking. The Bulldogs, like the Buckeyes, 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 was one of the 62 participating coaches in the poll, as he was in 2023. He 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 Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day leads warm-ups prior to the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against the Miami Hurricanes on Dec. 31, 2025.
Day full ballot can be found below:
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Ryan Day Coaches Poll ballot
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Indiana
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Miami
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Mississippi
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Oregon
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Ohio State
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Georgia
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Texas Tech
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Alabama
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Oklahoma
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Texas A&M
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Brigham Young
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Notre Dame
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Texas
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Utah
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Virginia
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Iowa
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Vanderbilt
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Southern California
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Arizona
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Tulane
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Houston
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Michigan
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Illinois
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North Texas
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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
