COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes will face arguably their toughest opponent this season yet when the Penn State Nittany Lions arrive in Columbus on Saturday.
Penn State boasts one of the best defense in college football so far, but Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes seem to be finding their rhythm on offense.
Here's this week's 10 Things To Know:
- This is the 31st consecutive year the Buckeyes and the Nittany Lions will play each other. Ohio State is 9-1 against Penn State since 2013.
- Fourteen of the 39 games played between Ohio State and Penn State have been decided by less than a touchdown.
- The Ohio State offense has its work cut out for them. Penn State's defense is ranked No. 1 nationally in total defense (193.7 yards per game) and second in scoring defense (8 points per game).
- Penn State QB Drew Allar has yet to throw an interception this season. He's completing just over 65% of his passes.
- FOX's Big Noon Kickoff show and ESPN's College GameDay will both be in town. Ohio State is 39-18 all-time in GameDay games and 12-3 during Big Noon games.
- During last week's game against Purdue, Marvin Harrison Jr. became the 12th Buckeye receiver to top 2,000 yards.
- Cade Stover is sixth in TE receiving yards and needs just 159 more to become only the third TE in school history to top 1,000 yards.
- Kyle McCord is second in the Big Ten in QB efficiency (165.9) and he leads with 275.2 passing yards per game.
- Ohio State has rushed for 870 net yards through the first six games, the fewest at this point in a season since the 2004 team had 586.
- Ohio State has won 42 straight games when it registers two-or-more turnovers with the last loss in such a statistical game in 2017 to Oklahoma at Ohio Stadium.