Sports in Ohio
The metropolitan areas of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus are home to major league professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer.Ohio is home to major professional sports teams in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, volleyball, and soccer.From 2016 to 2018, FC Cincinnati played in the USLC, then known as the United Soccer League, before being replaced by the current MLS team of the same name.Ohio is also home to the Cleveland Comets, a minor professional softball club, of National Pro Fastpitch.Notable drivers from Ohio include Mauri Rose, Frank Lockhart, Ted Horn, Bobby Rahal, Sam Hornish Jr. and Tim Richmond.In FBS, representing the Big Ten, the Ohio State Buckeyes football team ranks 5th among all-time winningest programs, with eight national championships and seven Heisman Trophy winners.In NCAA Division III, the Mount Union Purple Raiders boast a record-setting 13 national championships, most recently in 2017.