The numbers are striking: Ohio State has finished atop the Big Ten team recruiting rankings every year since 2011 and hasn't finished No. 1 only once since 2008. That’s a decade of complete dominance that has also played out that way on the field.
Former coach Urban Meyer basically landed five-star after five-star, the snowball effect took hold and the Buckeyes were the kings of the Big Ten.
This 2019 recruiting class is different, though. First, it was expected to be a smaller class. And second, it’s a transition year from Meyer to first-year coach Ryan Day, and those classes are always down a little bit.
But Ohio State currently finds itself fourth in the Big Ten rankings behind Michigan, Penn State and Nebraska. If the Buckeyes finish in that spot, it would be their worst finish since 2003, when they ended up sixth in the Big Ten.