COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has another huge game ahead of them and one that will have major implications on the Big Ten conference and playoff contention.
The No. 4 Buckeyes travel to Happy Valley to take on the No. 3 Nittany Lions. Kickoff is scheduled for noon.
Here's this week's 10 Things To Know.
- The two teams are each nationally ranked for an eighth consecutive meeting – every game since 2017.
- This is only the second Top 5 game between Ohio State and Penn State. The other came in 1996, a 38-7 Ohio State (No. 3) win over No. 4 Penn State at Ohio Stadium.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 24 victories to 14. Ohio State has won seven consecutive in the series with Penn State’s last victory coming in 2016.
- The average margin of victory in the last eight games between these two teams is just 7.5 points.
- Jeremiah Smith tied the freshman receiving touchdown record with his eighth TD grab last week. Cris Carter set the record in 1984.
- Smith is also just 25 yards away from tying the freshman receiving yards record. That was also set by Carter in 1984 with 648 such yards.
- Ohio State’s offense has scored on all 27 trips into the opponents red zone – only three other teams are at 100% this season.
- Emeka Egbuka, who leads the Buckeyes with 43 catches this year, has reached Top 5 status in school history with 167 receptions.
- The Buckeyes will see an old teammate at Penn State – Julian Fleming. The wide receiver played for four seasons at Ohio State before becoming a Nittany Lion.
- Ohio State had 13 tackles-for-loss last week against Nebraska, the most since they had 15 against Indiana in 2021.