COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ten college football teams had an assistant coach making at least $1 million during the 2017 season. Ohio State wasn't one of them.

In 2018, the Buckeyes will have more than one assistant football coach making that much money.

Athletic director Gene Smith wouldn't say Wednesday which assistants are getting that kind of bump, but certainly two must be defensive coordinator Greg Schiano and offensive coordinator Ryan Day. Both of them turned down major NFL offers this offseason, Day with the Tennessee Titans and Schiano with the New England Patriots, to stay in Columbus.

Smith said the new contracts could be done as soon as next week.

A year ago, Smith told cleveland.com that he knew the Buckeyes would be hitting the $1 million assistant mark soon.

"It's gonna happen here one day," Smith said in February 2017. "We're gonna do our best to make sure we compensate people based on market performance. Our market in the Big Ten has been pretty stable. This will change it. When will it have its effect? I can't project. But it will eventually."

He was right.

"I knew we'd get there," Smith said Wednesday.

It's not just the top assistants who will be getting raises. Smith said Ohio State evaluated the salaries of all the football assistants compared to those around the country and all will be getting raises.

The nine assistants made between $700,000 and $300,000 last year on a staff that ranked seventh in the nation in total assistant compensation. College football added a 10th assistant for the 2018 season.