Overview
- Kickoff is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. Eastern on Oct. 11 at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
- The game will air in FOX’s Big Noon window, marking Ohio State’s return to the slot after its Week 1 win over Texas.
- Ohio State enters 4-0 as the defending national champion after opening Big Ten play with a win at Washington.
- Illinois is 4-1 following a 34-32 last-second win over USC that came one week after a 63-10 loss at Indiana.
- The teams last played for the Illibuck in 2017, and Ohio State has claimed the trophy in each of the past nine meetings; before this matchup, OSU hosts Minnesota on Oct. 4 and Illinois visits Purdue.