Know Your Enemy - 2025 Miami Hurricanes vs 2025 Ohio State Buckeyes

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The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of current rosters for Miami and Ohio State heading into the second round of the playoffs.

Names in green denote incoming players in their first year in their respective programs:

AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

• 2025: 1.77 years (Miami), 1.44 years (Ohio State)

AVERAGE 247 RATING

• 2025: 0.9024 (Miami), .9153 (Ohio State) *

*excludes transfers Carter Davis (PK) and Adam Booker (LS), neither who are listed on 247's transfer compilation

If special teams are excluded, Miami's composite is .9074. Ohio State would be .9256


MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Defensive Tackle (Miami .9213, Ohio State .9002)

OHIO STATE POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Wide Receivers (Ohio State .9426, Miami .9252)
• Tight Ends (Ohio State .9151, Miami .8846)
• Running Back (Ohio State .9145, Miami .9064)
• Quarterback (Ohio State .9385, Miami .9062)
• Offensive Line (Ohio State .9157, Miami .8922)
• Defensive End (Ohio State .9405, Miami .9301)
• Safety (Ohio State .9165, Miami .8960)
• Cornerback (Ohio State .9406, Miami .9160)

Both Miami and Ohio State have equivalent ranked special teams groups

NOTES

• The Buckeyes have the highest composite ranking of any of Miami's opponents, and any of the opponents that Miami has faced in the 2023 - 2025 seasons
• Conversely, the Buckeyes have the lowest collective college football experience of any of Miami's opponents this year
• Ohio State has the experience edge in the following position groups: TE, DE, and CB
• Miami has 22 transfer portal players on the roster compared to 22 the previous season
• Ohio State has 19 transfer portal players on the roster. 11 arrived this offseason
• Miami brings in 42 new players this season, Ohio State 37

2025 SCHEDULE OPPOSITION COMPOSITE

• .9012 - Notre Dame (1.61 avg CFB experience)
• .8446 - South Florida (1.91 avg CFB experience)
• .8972 - Florida (1.58 avg CFB experience)
• .8909 - Florida State (1.81 avg CFB experience)
• .8616 - Louisville (2.43 avg CFB experience)
• .8654 - Stanford (1.89 avg CFB experience)
• .8603 - SMU (2.02 avg CFB experience)
• .8462 - Syracuse (1.68 avg CFB experience)
• .8657 - NC State (1.59 avg CFB experience)
• .8648 - Virginia Tech (2.00 avg CFB experience)
• .8590 - Pittsburgh (1.80 avg CFB experience)
• .9000 - Texas A&M (1.81 avg CFB experience)
• .9153 - Ohio State (1.44 avg CFB experience)