Editing Ohio (section)

====College sports====
{{main|List of college athletic programs in Ohio}}
[[File:Ohio Stadium, Columbus.jpg|thumb|[[Ohio Stadium]] in Columbus, home to the [[Ohio State Buckeyes football]] team, is the [[List of stadiums by capacity|fifth-largest stadium]] in the world.]]

Ohio has eight [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision]] college football teams, divided among three different [[List of NCAA conferences|conferences]]. It has also experienced considerable success in the secondary and tertiary tiers of college football divisions.

There are two programs in the [[Power Four conferences|Power Five conferences]]; the [[Ohio State Buckeyes]] of the [[Big Ten Conference]] and the [[Cincinnati Bearcats]] of the [[Big 12 Conference]]. The [[Ohio State Buckeyes football]] team is second in all-time winning percentage, with a 977–335–53 overall record and a 30–29 [[Bowl game|bowl record]] as of [[2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2024]]. The program has produced seven [[Heisman Trophy]] winners, forty-one conference titles, and nine undisputed national championships. The [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|men's basketball]] program has appeared in the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] 27 times.

The [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball]] team has over 1,800 wins and 33 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|March Madness]] appearances, whilst the [[Cincinnati Bearcats football|Bearcats football]] team became the first [[Group of Five conferences|so-called "Group of Five"]] team to qualify to the [[College Football Playoff]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[New York Times]] |last=Blinder |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/sports/ncaafootball/alabama-michigan-georgia-cincinnati-college-football-playoff.html |title=Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati Make College Football Playoff |date=December 5, 2021 |accessdate=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205173134/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/sports/ncaafootball/alabama-michigan-georgia-cincinnati-college-football-playoff.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the Group of Five conferences, six teams are represented in the [[Mid-American Conference]]: the [[Akron Zips]], [[Bowling Green Falcons]], [[Kent State Golden Flashes]], [[Miami RedHawks]], [[Ohio Bobcats]] and the [[Toledo Rockets]]. The MAC headquarters are in Cleveland. The [[Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)|Cincinnati–Miami]] rivalry game has been played in southwest Ohio every year since 1888 and is the oldest current non-conference [[NCAA football]] rivalry. Other Division I schools, either part of the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision]] or not fielding in football include the [[Cleveland State Vikings]], [[Xavier Musketeers]], [[Wright State Raiders]], and [[Youngstown State Penguins]]. Xavier's [[Xavier Musketeers men's basketball|men's basketball]] has performed particularly well, with 27 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|March Madness]] appearances. Youngstown State's [[Youngstown State Penguins football|football]] has the third most [[NCAA Division I Football Championship]] wins, with 3.

There are 12 [[NCAA Division II]] universities and 22 [[NCAA Division III]] universities in Ohio.