Year Head Coach Selector Record Big Ten Record Bowl 1942 Paul Brown AP 9 -- 1 6 -- 1 -- 1954 Woody Hayes AP 10 -- 0 7 -- 0 Won Rose Bowl 1957 Woody Hayes FWAA, UPI (Coaches) 9 -- 1 7 -- 0 Won Rose Bowl 1961 Woody Hayes FWAA 8 -- 0 -- 1 6 -- 0 -- 1968 Woody Hayes AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI (Coaches) 10 -- 0 7 -- 0 Won Rose Bowl 1970 Woody Hayes NFF 9 -- 1 7 -- 0 Lost Rose Bowl 2002 Jim Tressel BCS, AP, USA Today / ESPN (Coaches), NFF, FWAA 14 -- 0 8 -- 0 Won Fiesta Bowl 2014 Urban Meyer CFP, AP, USA Today / Amway (Coaches), NFF 14 -- 1 8 -- 0 Won Sugar Bowl (CFP semifinal) Won CFP National Championship National Championships 8
when was the last time ohio state won a national championship in football
2014