Scarlet Sunrise: Ohio State set for top-three showdown with Michigan

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Ohio State-Michigan game time, details

Michigan leads the all-time series, 59-51-6, but has won only two games against the Buckeyes in its last 17 tries. Ohio State’s eight-game win streak — its longest in the series — was snapped last year in Ann Arbor when a College Football Playoff-bound Michigan squad got the monkey off Jim Harbaugh’s back with a 42-27 victory. The third quarter proved to be the difference, as the Wolverines turned a one-point halftime lead into a two-score advantage. Ohio State shot itself in the foot with 10 penalties and couldn’t stop a persistent Michigan rushing attack that produced 297 yards. Hassan Haskins tied a school record with five rushing touchdowns, and Blake Corum added 87 yards on the ground with just six carries. Meanwhile, Aidan Hutchinson sacked Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud three times. Stroud put up fine numbers, completing 34-of-49 passes for 394 yards and two touchdowns, but the Buckeyes couldn’t keep pace in the snow with an overpowering Wolverines run game.

The game went down as Harbaugh’s first win over Ohio State in his seven years as head coach. It also went down as Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day’s first Big Ten defeat. Afterward, Harbaugh clapped back at Day with his infamous “third base” comments. Since the loss to Michigan in 2021, Ohio State has rattled off 12 straight wins, dating back to last year’s Rose Bowl victory over Utah.

  • Time: 12 p.m. EST
  • TV Channel: FOX
  • Date: Saturday, Nov. 26
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
  • Weather: Low of 42º, high of 58º, 0% chance of rain at kickoff, winds 5-10 mph
  • The line: Ohio State is a 7.5-point favorite, per Vegas Insider
  • Over/under: 55.5 points

Series fun fact

Michigan hasn’t won consecutive games against Ohio State since 1999 and 2000. John Cooper, who had a career record of 2-10-1 against the Wolverines, was coaching the Buckeyes at the time. Cooper is a College Football Hall of Famer and posted 111 wins in his Ohio State tenure, but Michigan had his team’s number.

  • Ohio State lost to Michigan last season for the first time since 2011
  • The Buckeyes are 5-5-1 against the spread this season
  • Michigan is 6-4-1 against the spread this season
  • The Buckeyes are 7-8-1 against the spread in their last 16 games
  • The total has gone over in eight of the Buckeyes 11 games this season
  • The total has gone over in eight of the Buckeyes last nine Big Ten games
  • The Buckeyes are 21-14-2 against the spread in Big Ten play under Ryan Day

Bold predictions for Buckeyes against Michigan

The Lettermen Row staff gave its game picks for Ohio State-Michigan Friday. But, as always, the crew went deeper than the score to make Three Bold Predictions about what will happen in the Shoe.

READ: Bold Predictions as Buckeyes host Michigan in high-stakes rivalry game

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