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Ranking all-time Ohio State national and Big Ten champs

Not winning the Big Ten championship in 2016 did not prevent Ohio State from making the College Football Playoff. Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports

In 2016, Ohio State became the first team to make it to the College Football Playoff without winning a conference championship. It's a unique achievement, but where does this team rank among the all-time Buckeyes teams that won a championship, whether national or Big Ten?

To find out, I set up a grading system that measures many factors of all of Ohio State's 36 teams that won a national championship, a Big Ten championship or earned a CFP berth.