There once wasn't a hotter seat in college football than what Ohio State’s head coach Ryan Day was sitting on. In 2025, he’s the hottest coach in the country.

Ryan Day suffered perhaps the worst loss of his Ohio State tenure on Nov. 30, as the Buckeyes dropped their all-important rivalry game against Michigan 13–10. There were plenty of calls for Day's job after that game, his fourth consecutive loss to the Wolverines,

First, Ohio State trounced Tennessee 42-17 in the first round of the College Football Playoff and on New Year's Day the Buckeyes exacted revenge over Oregon in a 41-21 drubbing of the No. 1 team in the country. Ohio State is now two wins away from winning its ninth National Championship, all while fans call for their head coach to be fired.