Team meeting with Ryan Day after Ohio State lost to Michigan galvanized the Buckeyes for their college football championship run.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day celebrated his team after the Buckeyes captured the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame on Monday. Despite losing a pair of regular-season games,

On only a few hours of sleep since his Buckeyes were crowned national champions on Monday night, Ohio State coach Ryan Day knows next year is closing fast.

Ryan Day received $10,021,250 in total pay from Ohio State in 2024 excluding bonuses. Day has a max bonus of $1,550,000 in 2024. Day earned $350k in bonuses for reaching the College Football Playoff semifinals, and an additional $150k for beating Texas and advance to the final.

As much as Ohio State's passionate supporters — and some within the media — had written off Day, his family and his team never lost hope.

The longest college football season ever, starting in August and ending on Inauguration Day, became an Ohio State coronation.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.

After leading Ohio State to its first national championship since 2014 with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in Monday night's College Football Playoff final,