Overview

• Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium, marking the teams’ first meeting since 2010.
• Ohio State enters 2-0 as the defending national No. 1, while 1-1 Ohio arrives as the reigning MAC champion after beating West Virginia.
• Quarterbacks headline the matchup: OSU’s Julian Sayin opened last week with a school-record 16 straight completions and four first-half TDs, and Ohio’s Parker Navarro is completing 69.4% and leads the Bobcats in rushing with 180 yards.
• The Buckeyes are 52-0-1 against in-state opponents since 1921 and 6-0 all-time vs. Ohio, with the 2010 Ohio State win later vacated by the NCAA.
• Coaches Ryan Day and Brian Smith praised each other’s teams’ competitiveness, as coverage also recalls Ohio’s 2008 near-upset and the 2010 Rufus–Brutus mascot incident.