Urban Meyer Retires as Ohio State's Head Football Coach

Today Urban Meyer announced his retirement as head football coach for The Ohio State Buckeyes.  Since the 2008 season, Ohio State has had three head coaches - Jim Tressel, who was fired in 2010, Luke Fickell who was an interim head coach for the 2011 season (now head coach at Cincinnati) and Urban Meyer, who was head coach from 2012 until the end of this season.  As you can see below, not only has Ohio State has been above average for each season, but from 2013 to 2017, they have been a top 5 program in all of the BCS.  A remarkable run.

Urban Meyer [2012-2018]

2012
The Buckeyes finished the regular season at (12-0); but were bowl ineligible due to a bowl ban.  Ohio State played against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Buckeye's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" average SOS.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against #19 ranked UCF by a score of (31-16).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #15 ranked team overall, with the #32 ranked offense and the #15 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2013
The Buckeyes finished the regular season again at (12-0); and this year were eligible to play in the Big 10 Conference Championship game against #6 ranked Michigan State where they were defeated (24-34).  Ohio State went on to play #10 ranked Clemson where they lost by a score of (35-40) to finish (12-2) overall.  Ohio State played against an “average” strength of schedule.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against #9 ranked Wisconsin by a score of (31-24).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #5 ranked team overall, with the #3 ranked offense and the #62 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2014:  National Champions
The Buckeyes finished the regular season at (11-1); and this year were eligible to play in the Big 10 Conference Championship game against #10 ranked Wisconsin where they defeated the Badgers (59-0).  Ohio State went on to play #7 ranked Alabama and won by a score of (42-35), which propelled them to the first national championship game against #2 Oregon and the Buckeyes won by a score of (42-20) to finish (14-1) overall.  Ohio State played against a “tougher” strength of schedule, meaning that the Buckeyes strength of schedule was between one and two standard deviations lower than the "league" average strength of schedule.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against #3 ranked Michigan State by a score of (49-37) and only regular season loss was to #56 ranked Virginia Tech by a score of (21-35).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #4 ranked team overall, with the #2 ranked offense and the #60 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2015
The Buckeyes finished the regular season at (11-1); and defeated #27 ranked Notre Dame (44-28) to finish the season overall at (12-1).  Ohio State played against an “average” strength of schedule.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against arch rival #24 ranked Michigan by a score of (42-13), and their only regular season loss was to #38 ranked Michigan State (14-17).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #3 ranked team overall, with the #29 ranked offense and the #6 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
 
2016
The Buckeyes finished the regular season at (11-1); and were defeated by #5 ranked Clemson (0-31) to finish the season overall at (11-2).  Ohio State played against a “tougher” strength of schedule.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against arch rival #4 ranked Michigan by a score of (30-27), and their only regular season loss was to #12 ranked Penn State (21-24).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #3 ranked team overall, with the #30 ranked offense and the #2 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2017
The Buckeyes finished the regular season again at (10-2); and played in the Big 10 Conference Championship game against #7 ranked Wisconsin where they defeated the Badgers by a score of  (27-21).  Ohio State went on to play #24 ranked USC Trojans winning by a score of (24-7) to finish (12-2) overall.  Ohio State played against an “average” strength of schedule.  Ohio State's best regular season victory against #3 ranked Penn State by a score of (39-38) and their worst loss was to #58 ranked Iowa (24-55).  The Buckeyes finished the season as the #2 ranked team overall, with the #4 ranked offense and the #18 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018
The Buckeyes currently are (12-1); after defeating currently ranked #82 Northwestern in the Big 10 Championship game while playing against an “average” strength of schedule.  During the regular season Ohio State's best game was their victory against arch rival currently ranked #12 Michigan by a score of (62-39) and their only loss was to currently ranked #66 Pirdue by a score of (20-49).  The Buckeye's currently rank as the #14 team overall, with the #4 offense and the #77 defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018 NCAA FBS Head Coaching Changes
Mike Jinks at Bowling Green
DJ Durkin at Maryland
Bobby Petrino and Louisville
Mike MacIntyre and Colorado
Everett Withers and Texas State
Brad Lambert and Charlotte 
Mark Whipple and Massachusetts
John Bonamego and Central Michigan
David Beaty and Kansas
Larry Fedora and North Carolina
Kliff Kingsbury and Texas Tech
Mike Sanford and Western Kentucky
Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech
Scottie Montgomery and East Carolina
Bill Snyder and Kansas State
Terry Bowden and Akron
Turner Gill and Liberty