It has been a great couple of months for Ohio State and head coach Ryan Day since they lost to Michigan just before December began. Day and the Buckeyes reeled off four huge wins after that disappointing loss to bring a National Championship back to Columbus.

While Ohio State hoisted the national title in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, experts are now turning their attention elsewhere for the 2025 season. Notably, a prominent analyst has left the Buckeyes out of his championship prediction,

Ryan Day’s contract extension at Ohio State would make him the second-highest-paid football coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.

Ryan Day and Ohio State have agreed to a new contract, per the school. It's a seven-year contract that will keep Day as coach of the Buckeyes through the 2031 football season It will add three years onto his current agreement and will be valued at $12.