Two players on the Ohio State Buckeyes were officially named in the top three of ESPN's top 100 college football players list.

Purdue ranked last in the Big Ten, spending $31.4 million on football in 2024. Ohio State was third, followed by Michigan ($72.4 million) and Penn State ($64.5 million). Those rankings don’t include the conference’s two private schools, USC and Northwestern, which are not required to report their data.

According to their matchup predictor tool, the Longhorns are being given a slight advantage. ESPN has given Texas a 53.3 percent chance to come out on top, as opposed to Ohio State's 46.7 percent chance. It's just a prediction. No one can truly predict how a game will turn out.

It sure feels like the recruiting news has been sour as of late for the defending College Football Playoff national champion Ohio State Buckeyes. Oh sure, OSU still has a very, very good recruiting class with the verbal pledges it has,

Ohio State will enter the 2025 college football season with high expectations, both internally and externally.

A notable ESPN analyst believes that the Georgia Bulldogs' 2025 season could replicate Ohio State's national championship run in 2024.

Texas played Ohio State less than eight months ago. For next week's rematch, the Buckeyes will have a new defensive coordinator in ex-NFL coach Matt Patricia.