The 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach John Cooper, the Buckeyes compiled a 9–4 record, finished in second place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 319 to 187. Against ranked opponents, they lost to No. 25 Washington and No. 1 Penn State and defeated No. 15 Michigan. They concluded the season with a loss to Alabama in the 1995 Florida Citrus Bowl. The Buckeyes were ranked No. 14 in the final AP poll.