Ohio State vs. Rutgers: Point spread revealed for Buckeyes home finale

COLUMBUS — Ohio State is set for its home finale on Saturday against Rutgers. The Buckeyes are fresh off destroying UCLA, and now it’s time for Senior Day.

The undefeated and top-ranked Buckeyes are a massive 31.5-point favorite for the Big Noon Kickoff and Senior Day showdown against Rutgers, according to the folks at the BetMGM Sportsbook. The total has been set at 56.5 points, meaning the sports book believes the Ohio State defense will dominate the Scarlet Knights offense and have no problem against their defense.

Rutgers was off this past weekend after beating Maryland two weeks ago. The Scarlet Knights are fighting for bowl eligibility, sitting on five wins this season with a pair of games against Ohio State and Penn State remaining on the season.

The Buckeyes are quite banged up on offense, so the matchup against Rutgers should provide them with a chance to have young talents play critical snaps before heading to Michigan on Nov. 29.

Buckeyes vs. Scarlet Knights betting trends

+ Ohio State is 8-1-1 against the spread this season. The Buckeyes covered against Texas, Grambling State, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Penn State and UCLA but failed to cover the spread against Purdue and pushed against Ohio.
+ Rutgers is 5-5 against the spread — and straight up — this season.
+ The total has gone under in six of the Buckeyes 10 games so far.
+ Rutgers is 14-8-3 against the spread as an away underdog under Greg Schiano (since 2020)
+ Ohio State is 29-15-2 against the spread as a home favorite under Ryan Day.
+ Rutgers is 2-10-2 against the spread against ranked teams under Greg Schiano

Ohio State vs. Rutgers game information

Date: Saturday, Nov. 22
Time: 12 p.m, ET
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
TV: FOX
Stream: FOX Sports

On The Call — FOX

Play-by-Play: Gus Johnson
Analyst: Joel Klatt
Reporter: Jenny Taft

On The Call — Ohio State Sports Network from LEARFIELD

Play-by-Play: Paul Keels
Analyst: Jim Lachey
Reporter: Tyler Danburg

2025 Buckeyes football schedule

Aug. 30 — vs. Texas (14-7 W)
Sept. 6 — vs. Grambling (70-0 W)
Sept. 13 — vs. Ohio (37-9 W)
Sept. 20 — IDLE
Sept. 27 — at Washington (24-6 W)
Oct. 4 — vs. Minnesota (42-3 W)
Oct. 11 — at Illinois (34-16 W)
Oct. 18 — at Wisconsin (34-0 W)
Oct. 25 — IDLE
Nov. 1 — vs. Penn State (38-14 W)
Nov. 8 — at Purdue (34-10 W)
Nov. 15 — vs. UCLA (48-10 W)
Nov. 22 — vs. Rutgers (Noon, FOX)
Nov. 29 — at Michigan (Noon, FOX)