2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team The 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team will represent The Ohio State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season . It will be the Buckeye ' s 124th overall , the 101st as a member of the Big Ten Conference and the third as a member of the Big Ten Leaders Division . The team will be led by Urban Meyer , in his second year , and will play their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus , Ohio . Before the season . Previous season . Urban Meyer , after being hired in November 2011 , quickly brought in an entirely new staff to lead the team in 2012 , featuring Tom Herman and Ed Warinner as co - offensive coordinators , with Everett Withers and former interim head coach Luke Fickell as co - defensive coordinators . Meyer also began to shape the team by bringing in a top ten recruiting class . Following an offseason of transition , Ohio State began the 2012 season against Miami ( Ohio ) on September 1 , defeating the RedHawks 56 – 10 . Ohio State entered Big Ten Conference play with a 4 – 0 record and in their first conference game , would defeat the Michigan State Spartans 17 – 16 . A 63 – 38 victory over Nebraska on homecoming would give Ohio State a 6 – 0 record and put them in the top ten in the AP Poll . Overtime victories over Purdue and Wisconsin , along with many other close victories , would give the Buckeyes an 11 – 0 record heading into their annual matchup with the Michigan Wolverines . The Buckeyes defeated the Wolverines 26 – 21 and completed their undefeated season , the first for the program since 2002 . Though Ohio State was ineligible to play in any bowl game or to be ranked in the BCS or Coaches ' Poll , they were still eligible for the AP National Championship . Following the season , Ohio State was ranked third in the AP Poll behind the national champion Alabama Crimson Tide and the second ranked Oregon Ducks . Spring Practice . Ohio State began their spring camp earlier than they had in previous seasons , starting it on March 5 . The 2013 spring game will be played on April 13 and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network . Ohio State will play their spring game at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati , Ohio , while Ohio Stadium undergoes renovations . Personnel . Recruiting Class . On February 6 , 2013 the Ohio State University athletic department confirmed that it had received letters of intent confirming the commitment of 24 athletes in its recruiting class . Among these included signing day commitments from Georgia safety Vonn Bell and Florida wide receiver James Clark , with the former announcing his intentions via ESPN . In reference to events of the day , Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer was quoted as calling it ( February 6 , 2013 ) a ' Great day . I thought it would be a good day , but now I ' ll put it in the great category . ' According to various recruiting services , the Buckeyes was ranked first overall by Scout ; second overall ( behind Alabama ) by Rivals and third overall by ESPN . Schedule . The Big Ten Conference released the schedules for the 2013 season on April 6 , 2011 . The Big Ten will continue the same scheduling alignment as they had during the 2011 and 2012 seasons . As a result , Ohio State will play all five Leaders Division opponents : Illinois , Indiana , Penn State , Purdue and Wisconsin . Ohio State will also face three Legends Division opponents : Iowa , Northwestern and Michigan , the permanent cross - division opponent . Ohio State will play four non - conference games : Buffalo of the Mid - American Conference , San Diego State of the Mountain West Conference , California of the Pacific - 12 Conference and Florida A & M of the Mid - Eastern Athletic Conference . Ohio State has two bye week s during the season , the first between their games against Northwestern and Iowa , and their second between games against Purdue and Illinois . All games during the 2013 season were broadcast on the Ohio State Football Radio Network . Paul Keels will head the crew with play - by - play , Jim Lachey with color commentary , Marty Bannister as sideline and locker room reporter and Skip Mosic serving as the pre - game and halftime show host .