With Saturday’s 17-14 win over Notre Dame, Day is now 17-6 against ranked opponents as a head coach. That's a winning percentage of 73.9 percent, the best among all active college football coaches who have faced a minimum of 10 ranked opponents in their respective careers.
Day, who had never been a head coach before he became Ohio State’s head coach in 2019, now holds an overall record of 49-6, including a 32-2 mark in Big Ten play with two Big Ten championships and three College Football Playoff appearances.
Following his latest win over a ranked opponent, which was his eighth against a top-10-ranked opponent, the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation recognized Day as the Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week for Week 4.