The Buckeyes' last national title came in 2014, during the first year of the four-team college football playoff. That year, Ohio State finished as Big Ten champions, beating Wisconsin 59-0 in the conference title game. OSU was 12-1 overall, with a lone Week 1 loss to Virginia Tech on its resume.

Ohio State's early dominance in the College Football Playoff has created a new hurdle on its road to a national title.

Texas Football Championship History. The Texas Longhorns played their first season of football in 1893, and have claimed four national championships in the century and change sinc