| The Ohio State Buckeyes' National Championships |
| Coach | Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Consensus National Champions* | Retroactive | Claimed by School | Selector (s) |
| 1 | Sam Willaman | 1933 | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No | No | DuS |
| 2 | Paul Brown | 1942 | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No | Yes | AP, BS, DuS, CFRA, NCF |
| 3 | Carroll Widdoes | 1944 | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No | No | NCF, SR |
| 4 | Woody Hayes | 1954 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes | AP, B(QPRS), BR, BS, CFRA, DeS, HAF, INS, NCF, PS, SR, WS |
| 5 | Woody Hayes | 1957 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes | BS, DeS, FWAA, INS, L, UPI |
| 6 | Woody Hayes | 1961 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | Yes | FWAA, PS |
| 7 | Woody Hayes | 1968 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No | Yes | AP, B(QPRS), BR, CFRA, DuS, FN, FWAA, HAF, NCF, NFF, PS, R(FACT), SR, UPI |
| 8 | Woody Hayes | 1969 | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No | No | MGR |
| 9 | Woody Hayes | 1970 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes | NFF |
| 10 | Woody Hayes | 1973 | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No | No | NCF, PS, R(FACT), SR |
| 11 | Woody Hayes | 1974 | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No | No | MGR |
| 12 | Woody Hayes | 1975 | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No | No | B(QPRS), HAF, MGR, PS, R(FACT) |
| 13 | Jim Tressel | 2002 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes | A&H, AP, B(QPRS), BCS, BR, CCR, CM, DeS, ERS, FN, FWAA, MCFR, NFF, NYT, R(FACT), SN, SR, USAT/ESPN, W |
| 14 | Jim Tressel | 2006 | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No | No | R(FACT) |
| 15 | Urban Meyer | 2014 | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes | College Football Playoff winner, AP, BR, CCR, CFP, CM, FWAA/NFF, MCFR, SR, USAT/AMWAY, W |
| Total Overall: | 15 |
| Total Consensus National Championships: | 7 |
| Total Retroactive: | 0 |
| Total Claimed by School: | 8 |
| * NCAA's designation as "Consensus National Champions" by virtue of their selection from 1950 onward by one or more selectors from Associated Press, UPI, Football Writers Association of America, NFF/College Football Hall of Fame, and USA Today. |