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

Who are the best of the best in college football? We reveal our preseason USA TODAY Sports All-America team recognizing the top players in country.

Ohio State football’s Phillip Bell had his black stripe removed Wednesday, the team announced via its social media platforms. Bell is a freshman who signed as part of the Buckeyes’ 2025 recruiting class.

10. Iowa: Don’t be surprised if Mark Gronowski, a South Dakota State transfer, emerges as one of the best quarterbacks in the conference. If the Hawkeyes play their standard brand of defense under coordinator Phil Parker, they could finish far closer to the top of the conference than the bottom — and this projection could look downright foolish.

E. Gordon Gee, who recently stepped down as president of West Virginia University, is returning as a consultant to Ohio State University—where he served two stints as president—in part to support the institution’s new, legislatively mandated “intellectual diversity” center, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

SEC bias might be real, but it doesn't mean the conference will take over the CFP. Ohio State should be just as good as last year, if not even better.

Anduril’s presence will be seen across Ohio Stadium, the Schottenstein Center and the rest of the athletic campus.

After weeks of sporadic non-conference game announcements for Ohio State women’s basketball, the program announced the full slate of games on Wednesday. In addition to marquee matchups against TCU and UConn,