Ohio State Has No. 2 Team, No. 1 Offense and No. 7 Defense in EA Sports College Football 27​

Ohio State is the second-best team in EA Sports College Football 27.

On Tuesday, EA Sports released every school's overall rating in CFB 27, with Ohio State coming in at 90 overall. The Buckeyes also boast the No. 1 offense (92 overall) and the No. 7 defense (88 overall) in the game.

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In an offseason when the Big Ten vs. SEC debate has intensified amid College Football Playoff expansion discussions, the Big Ten flexes the top three overall teams in CFB 27: Oregon (91 overall), Ohio State and Indiana (90 overall). Notre Dame checks in at No. 4 with an 89 overall rating, while Texas becomes the first SEC program to appear at No. 5, also at 89. The rest of the top 10 features four more SEC teams, with LSU (88), Miami (88), Ole Miss (88), Georgia (87) and Oklahoma (87) completing the list.

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Ohio State's top-ranked offense is powered by a star-studded roster headlined by Jeremiah Smith, the game's lone 99 overall player. Early leaks for CFB 27 also had quarterback Julian Sayin rated 94 overall, while offensive guard Luke Montgomery (92) and offensive tackle Austin Siereveld (90) are among the Buckeyes' other highest-rated players.
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Haha Howard is no dummy. :Let me put my arms around my gigantic Defensive Buckeye brothers."

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Dallas Baptist being a real thing still trips me out

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Former Ohio State Center, Two-Time All-Big Ten Honoree Bob Maggs Dies at 61​

By Dan Hope on October 27, 2025 at 12:08 pm @dan_hope

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Former Ohio State offensive lineman Bob Maggs has died at the age of 61.
A two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection as the Buckeyes’ starting center in 1985 and 1986, Maggs died unexpectedly last Thursday, according to his obituary.
Maggs is the father of Mason Maggs, a current walk-on quarterback for the Buckeyes.
A Parade All-American from Youngstown’s Cardinal Mooney High School, Maggs helped lead the Buckeyes to a 9-3 season in 1985 and a 10-3 season in 1986.

After his football career, Maggs worked in sales for Mueller Roofing Distributors. Per his obituary, Maggs was known by his loved ones as the “Gentle Giant” – for his kind heart, his warm, happy smile, and his fierce love for his family.
Maggs’ death is one of two tragic losses for the Ohio State football program over the past week as another great Buckeye center, Nick Mangold, died Saturday at 41 years old due to complications from kidney disease.

Former Ohio State Center, Two-Time All-Big Ten Honoree Bob Maggs Dies at 61

Former Ohio State center Bob Maggs, a two-time All-Big Ten honoree and the father of current walk-on quarterback Mason Maggs, died last week at the age of 61.

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RIP Bob Maggs. A great player and an even better person! Thank for sharing it!

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calibuck said:

My brain may be foggy, but cannot recollect that tOSU has had any player from Kansas on its football team.

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A bit out of date (ten years, to be exact), but as of 2016 there were at least two.

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Kansas: By my count, the State of Kansas has sent only two players to Columbus - junior college transfer Jamie Sumner, who started at guard for a couple of years, and little-used lineman Mark Bean. Sumner gets the nod.

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Remember the case, just didn't know the 'rest of the story', so thanks Script. Wasn't he teammates with Tiger at Stanford? Seem to recall there was a connection somewhere.

Login to view embedded media Then-Second Lieutenant James Capers, Jr. receives the Medal of Honor for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty as a Team Leader with 3d Force Reconnaissance Company, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion in the Republic of Vietnam from March 31 to April 3, 1967.

During a four-day reconnaissance patrol, he and his team were tasked with locating a North Vietnamese regimental base camp. Despite making contact with a numerically superior enemy force on three separate occasions, he tenaciously continued the mission. He successfully directed fire onto an enemy base camp, thwarting an impending attack on a nearby Marine battalion.

On the final day, his patrol was ambushed by a claymore mine and came under a dense barrage of enemy fire, where he sustained multiple severe wounds. Ignoring his injuries and extreme blood loss, he continued to lead his team, coordinate supporting fire, and direct their movement to an extraction site. Refusing to be evacuated before all his men were safe, he ensured the entire team was extracted before finally boarding the helicopter.

Login to view embedded media Then-Captain John W. Ripley received the Medal of Honor posthumously for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on April 2, 1972, while serving as Senior Marine Advisor to the Third Vietnamese Marine Corps Infantry Battalion in the Republic of Vietnam.

While serving in this capacity, he played a pivotal role in halting a major North Vietnamese mechanized assault. The enemy’s rapid advance depended on the capture of a bridge in the village of Dong Ha. To destroy the bridge, Captain Ripley single-handedly moved 500 pounds of explosives into position.

For three hours, he repeatedly exposed himself to intense enemy fire as he climbed beneath the bridge along its bridge’s steel beams to emplace the explosive charges at key structural points. After successfully setting the explosives, he detonated the charges, completely destroying the bridge and stopping the enemy’s advance.

Login to view embedded media Then-Second Lieutenant Nicholas Dockery receives the Medal of Honor for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on October 2, 2012, while serving as a Platoon Leader, 2d Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.

On this day, a large and well-armed Taliban force ambushed Second Lieutenant Dockery’s platoon. Over the course of four hours, he fought and maintained contact with the enemy in extremely restricted urban terrain, personally risking his life on numerous occasions to protect and evacuate three wounded members of his platoon.

After consolidation and reorganization, he directed rotary wing aircraft in the defense against subsequent enemy counter-attacks from an exposed rooftop while his unit evacuated the wounded soldiers.

Ohio State Adds Eight New Players to Its 2026 Roster​

Among the six walk-ons, freshman linebacker Na'il Diggs Jr. and Notre Dame transfer kicker Marcello Diomede stand out. Diggs is the son of former Ohio State linebacker Na'il Diggs Sr., who played 12 seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers. Diomede is expected to compete for the backup kicking job behind Baylor transfer Connor Hawkins this season.

No. 54 - LB Na’il Diggs Jr.​

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• Height: 6-1
• Weight: 200
• Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
• Year: Freshman

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• Starred at linebacker and running back for Charlotte Latin
• Participated in track and field, earning Latin Track Team Performer of the Year as a junior and senior, becoming a CISAA Conference Champion - Long Jump (21' 4.75") as a senior
• Recorded personal bests as a junior in the long jump (22' 11" - Latin School Record), in the 100m (11.02) and in the triple jump (40' 9.25")
• His father is Na’il Diggs Sr., who played at Ohio State from 1997-99, earning All-America honors as a junior and went on to play 12 seasons in the NFL for the Packers, Panthers, Rams and Chargers.
• Also lettered in wrestling at 190 lbs, becoming a NCISAA state runner-up while also helping the team win a state title in 2026
• Participated in Business Club was a Student Admissions Ambassador at Charlotte Latin

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Hicks has been all the rage in this early camp cycle. I went back to watch some of his late season play and this INT was a pretty big standout.
Not saying he has exceptional eyes or range. But he can enjoy a long and productive NFL career if he keeps this up. Not bad for a UDFA.

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He took his rumspringa a little too far, in my IMO.

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