Ryan Day joined Dabo Swinney and Kirby Smart as one of three active head coaches in the country to have won a national championship. To Joel Klatt, this makes the Ohio State head coach one of the most elite in college football.

Ohio State is three days removed from winning its first national title in 10 years. After a fourth consecutive loss to Michigan, Ohio State ran the table and won four straight games in the College Football Playoff to take home this season's national title.