{"id":193287,"date":"2025-07-09T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/193287\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T10:31:14","slug":"what-is-ohio-states-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/193287\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ohio State&#8217;s rating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest installment in EA Sports\u2019 popular college football video game franchise is out this week.<\/p>\n<p>EA made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2025\/01\/16\/ea-sports-college-football-26-release-summer\/77746058007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/2025\/01\/16\/ea-sports-college-football-26-release-summer\/77746058007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football 26<\/a> available on July 7 to those who pre-ordered the deluxe edition or bundle with Madden 26. A wider release follows on July 10.<\/p>\n<p>Users looking to play with the hometown team will have the benefit of one of the best rosters in the game. Ohio State is the second-highest rated team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2025\/07\/08\/ea-sports-college-football-2026-ohio-state-roster-jayson-ball\/84504466007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who is Jayson Ball? Why Ohio State has 9 fake players in new EA Sports College Football game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/ohio-state-buckeyes\/3439\/\" data-autotag=\"0570041d-af26-45dc-bbba-3bff6c6603b3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buckeyes<\/a> are an 88 overall, leaving them tied with six others in Clemson, Georgia, Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas and Texas A&amp;M. Only Alabama, which is an 89 overall, is ranked higher.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah Smith, the Buckeyes\u2019 superstar sophomore wide receiver who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2025\/05\/27\/ohio-state-osu-jeremiah-smith-ea-sports-college-football-26-video-game\/83877118007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/sports\/college\/football\/2025\/05\/27\/ohio-state-osu-jeremiah-smith-ea-sports-college-football-26-video-game\/83877118007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the two cover athletes for College Football 26<\/a>, is the highest-rated player at 88 overall, leading an offense that is tied with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/arizona-state-sun-devils\/3463\/\" data-autotag=\"2e01ffe4-6aa4-4121-b8ae-0ae5f65cffc9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arizona State<\/a>, Penn State and Texas as the highest at 91 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State\u2019s defense is 92 overall, which is tied as the fourth-best with Georgia and Michigan. Alabama has the highest-rated defense (96), followed by Penn State and Texas (94).<\/p>\n<p>The video game, which was previously known as NCAA Football, returned last year from an 11-year hiatus that was the result of legal issues surrounding the use of players\u2019 name, image and likeness.<\/p>\n<p>Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Email him at <a href=\"mailto:jkaufman@dispatch.com\">jkaufman@dispatch.com<\/a> and follow along on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/joeyrkaufman.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dispatchkaufman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joeyrkaufman\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p>Get more Ohio State football news by listening to our podcasts<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest installment in EA Sports\u2019 popular college football video game franchise is out this week. 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