Ryan Day Must Win in College Football Playoff After Ohio State’s Loss to Michigan

Ryan Day said the right things at his press conference on National Signing Day, but that doesn’t change the reality surrounding Ohio State’s head coach.After losing to Michigan for the fourth year in a row, Day must win in the College Football Playoff to show he should still be the Buckeyes’ coach. How many games he must win in the CFP remains up for debate, but the pressure is on for Day to deliver results in the postseason, especially now that Ohio State is safely positioned to host a first-round playoff game.On a late-Wednesday episode of Real Pod Wednesdays, we share our thoughts on Day’s signing day press conference and what he needs to do to salvage his job before looking ahead at the seeding scenarios for the Buckeyes that remain in play this weekend ahead of Selection Sunday. We finish up the show by sharing our initial thoughts on Ohio State’s 2025 recruiting class after 25 players signed with the Buckeyes on Wednesday.The full rundown for our signing day show:0:00 Intro1:02 Ryan Day Shows Accountability in Press Conference, But He’s Ultimately Judged on Results6:04 Ohio State Must Be Able to Sustain Confidence in CFP After Failing to Do So vs. Michigan15:40 How Many Games Does Ryan Day Need to Win in the CFP to Keep His Job?26:36 Ohio State Will Be No. 8 Seed in CFP At Worst; Will It Move Up if Penn State and Georgia Lose?39:47 Ranking the Difficulty of Potential Matchups with Tennessee, Alabama and Indiana44:35 Ohio State’s 2025 Signing Class Full of Quality Players, But Buckeyes Need More in the Trenches