COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's a game Buckeye Nation has been waiting for all year.
Ohio State will host That Team Up North at Ohio Stadium on Saturday. The Buckeyes are hoping to snap a three-game losing streak against the Michigan Wolverines.
Here's this week's 10 Things To Know:
- This is the 12th consecutive year that Ohio State has entered the game against Michigan with at least 10 wins.
- Ohio State has a 27-28-2 record vs. Michigan in games played in Columbus. Michigan leads the all-time series.
- The two teams have played 44 games decided by one score (seven points or less). Ohio State leads in these games.
- Michigan snapped its longest losing streak to Ohio State – eight games from 2012-19 – in the 2021 game at Michigan Stadium.
- Ohio State is 16-6 vs. Michigan in the 2000s. Prior to 2000, Michigan had won 13 of the previous 20 games between 1980 and 1999 with one tie.
- Since 1951, Woody Hayes’ first season as Ohio State’s head coach, the Buckeyes lead the series 39-30-2.
- These two teams rank Nos. 1-2 in the Big Ten Conference in wins – Ohio State has 557; Michigan has 549.
- Ohio State’s defense is No. 1 nationally in total defense (241.7), scoring defense (10.7) and red zone touchdown pct. (9-25; 36.0 pct.)
- The Buckeyes have limited their opponents’ offenses to one touchdown or less in eight of 11 games this season.
- Emeka Egbuka, who leads the team with 56 receptions, is now just 21 receptions from the school career record of 201 set by K.J. Hill.