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Urban Meyer, as a young coach at Bowling Green State University in 2002, celebrates a victory over Missouri.

(AP/Bowling Green State University, Craig Bell)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The victory over Indiana moved Ohio State coach

into third-place all-time for winning percentage among major college football coaches.

Meyer started the year sixth among major-college coaches with at least 10 seasons, the official NCAA record book showed.

He moved past former Big Eight Conference legends Tom Osborne (Nebraska) and Barry Switzer (Oklahoma) and into fourth place early in the 2013 season.

The victory over Indiana on Saturday lifted Meyer's coaching record at four schools to 127-23 for a winning percentage of .8466, enough to edge him past George Woodruff, who was 142-25-2 for a winning percentage of .8462 at Penn, Illinois and Carlisle more than a century ago.

That leaves only two coaches ahead of Meyer: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame) and Frank Leahy (Boston College and Notre Dame).

Top coaching records



Minimum 10 seasons



Knute Rockne, 105-12-5 (.881) Frank Leahy, 107-13-9 (.864) Urban Meyer, 127-23 (.8466) George Woodruff, 142-25-2 (.8462) Barry Switzer, 157-29-4 (.8368) Tom Osborne, 255-49-3 (.8355) Fielding Yost, 198-35-12 (.833)

Next highest among active coaches is Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, who played his high school football at Youngstown Cardinal Mooney.

Stoops, with a record of 158-39 (.802), ranks 13th. He is in his 15th season as coach, all at Oklahoma. The rankings are for college football's top division, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision.

For all divisions, former Mount Union coach Larry Kehres is the leader with a 332-24-3 record (.929).

Meyer has put together his record with four stops in the coaching circuit, going 17-6 at Bowling Green, 22-2 at Utah, 65-15 at Florida and now 23-0 at Ohio State.

But when it comes to Ohio State football, sometimes the biggest comparison that matters is how you stack up against Michigan. There, Brady Hoke is in his third season as the coach.



Here's what Meyer and Hoke have done so far.

Brady Hoke

Overall:

National titles:

League titles:

Ball State (34-38)

2003 - 4-8

2004 - 2-9

2005 - 4-7

2006 - 5-7

2007 - 7-6

2008 - 12-1 (Division title)

San Diego State (13-12)

2009 - 4-8

2010 - 9-4

Michigan (26-11)

2011 - 11-2

2012 - 8-5

2013 - 7-4

Urban Meyer

Overall:

National titles:

League titles:

Bowling Green (17-6)

2001 - 8-3

2002 - 9-3

Utah (22-2)

2003 - 10-2 (League title)

2004 - 12-0 (League title)

Florida (65-15)

2005 - 9-3

2006 - 13-1 (National & league title)

2007 - 9-4

2008 - 13-1 (National & league title)

2009 - 13-1 (Division title)

2010 - 8-5

Ohio State (23-0)

2012 - 12-0 (Division title)

2013 - 11-0 (Division title)

Buckeye Numbers is a weekly feature from cleveland.com focusing on stats involving Ohio State football. This is an update of a story published earlier in the season after Meyer moved into fourth place.