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Ohio State football fans start to freak out about poor 2026 recruiting class

The Ohio State football team is on track to have the worst recruiting class in the Ryan Day era.

Ohio State football coach Ryan Day talks during the Ohio State football coaches news conference August 18, 2025 at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus, Ohio. Coaches answering questions were Day, Matt Patricia and Brian Hartline. | Doral Chenoweth/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Ohio State football team has had a top-five recruiting class in every season that Ryan Day has been leading the program, save for the 2019 class, when it was a transition between Urban Meyer and Day.