2001 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2001 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. It marked their first season under new head coach Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes compiled a 75 record, capped by a 2620 victory over their rival the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor in the regular season finale. The Buckeyes went on to play in the 2002 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, where they lost, 3128, to the South Carolina Gamecocks.

2001 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Bollman (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMark Dantonio (1st season)
Base defense4–3
MVPJonathon Wells
Captains
  • Steve Bellisari
  • Mike Collins
  • Joe Cooper
  • Jamar Martin
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 101,568)
2001 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Illinois $  7 1   10 2  
No. 20 Michigan  6 2   8 4  
Ohio State  5 3   7 5  
Iowa  4 4   7 5  
Purdue  4 4   6 6  
Penn State  4 4   5 6  
Indiana  4 4   5 6  
Michigan State  3 5   7 5  
Wisconsin  3 5   5 7  
Minnesota  2 6   4 7  
Northwestern  2 6   4 7  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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