It's the offseason. I'm bored. So I'm curious: what are your realistic annual expectations for Ohio State?

This is a particularly interesting question to me because the definitions of a successful season have changed given the recent changes to the sport. I'll start by sharing my own realistic expectations. 

Football Performance:

Ohio State should generally never be worse than 10-2 in a regular season. 

2027 should be a great test of this standard. Over the next few years, OSU has a marquee OOC game scheduled and some difficult tests in conference. But my overall belief here is that OSU is just too talented to lose to a mid or upper-tier B1G team in conference (2024 TTUN notwithstanding). These are games like the Washington or Illinois games from last season - talked about as "tests" but OSU was never actually in danger of losing. OSU may drop a marquee OOC game and/or a game against top tier B1G opposition (Oregon, Indiana come to mind), but almost never more than one.

Ohio State should make the CFP and win a game in the playoff every year. 

With the new-ish 12 team playoff, a 10-2 OSU should generally be good enough to be in the top 10 every year and should make the playoff every year. On top of that, OSU should be able to win a 1st round game if they play in the 1st round (none of the opponents would be top-4 teams) and if they're good enough to get a top-4 seed, they should be able to beat whoever they face after a bye. 

Roster Management:

Ohio State should be in the top 5-7 range for overall roster additions annually.

Roster management is a bit more difficult to quantify. It involves 3 buckets: HS spending, transfer spending, and retention of developing players. Of the 3 buckets, spending on retention is most preferable, but OSU needs infusions of talent from both the HS and Portal ranks to ensure it is competitive annually. 247Sports does a combined ranking of HS + Portal additions, and OSU has been in the top-5 for the past few years. My standard here isn't exactly scientific, but I think is a fair approximation of high quality additions being made.

Coaching

Each position coach should be capable of acquiring AND developing (some) NFL talent.

This is perhaps the most difficult to quantify, given that NIL and roster needs dictate recruiting more than the individual efforts of position coaches. But when given the (financial) opportunity, each coach should show their ability to get and develop talent. To this point, the only coach who hasn't clearly demonstrated this ability is Tyler Bowen, though he's new and sort of TBD.

Coordinators should have successful relevant experience.

Call this the Hartline/Coombs standard. OSU is rarely a proving ground for previously inexperienced/unsuccessful coordinators. OSU does itself a disservice by hiring coordinators for reasons other than them placing its talented players in the best possible schematic spots. Ryan Day seems to have turned a corner in this regard though.

Now, keep in mind, I'm a Buckeye fan through and through and I'm thrilled to root for the Buckeyes with total enthusiasm regardless of whether they meet my (arbitrary) standards So, what am I missing here? Where do your expectations differ?