Overview
- The Nov. 15 game will air nationally in primetime on NBC with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.
- It marks the programs’ first Big Ten meeting since UCLA entered the conference in 2024.
- Ohio State is ranked No. 1 at 8-0 (5-0 Big Ten) and UCLA is 3-5 (3-2) at the time of the announcement.
- UCLA’s season included four early losses, the firing of coach DeShaun Foster after the New Mexico game, a 42-37 upset of then-No. 7 Penn State, and a 56-6 loss to Indiana.
- This will be the 10th all-time meeting; the series is even with one tie, the last game was UCLA’s 13-6 win in 2001, and Ohio State last beat UCLA in Columbus in 1999.