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Ohio State’s attempt to repeat as national champions begins with a formidable schedule in the regular season.
Three nonconference games start with a potential top-five matchup with Texas, and five out of the nine Big Ten games are away from Ohio Stadium, including a trip to the West Coast for a second straight season.
Some teams always surprise, making it a bit of a challenge to assess the true strength of a schedule over the summer.
Remember Indiana? The Hoosiers were pegged toward the bottom of conference preseason polls a year ago, but started 10-0 before a visit to Columbus last November. No one had that clash circled on the calendar in the preseason.
But we’ll nonetheless give it our best shot at sorting through the Buckeyes’ slate, ranking the games from the easiest to the toughest to for a sense of the biggest obstacles awaiting Ohio State in 2025.
12. Sept. 6 vs. Grambling
As the Buckeyes face a program from the lower Football Championship Subdivision for the second time in three years, expect Grambling to be even more overmatched than Youngstown State in 2023. The Tigers have not finished above .500 since 2019 and were 5-6 overall a year ago in their first season under Mickey Joseph, a former interim coach and assistant at Nebraska. Only an emotional letdown by Ohio State following its marquee season opener should keep this close.
11. Sept. 13 vs. Ohio
It’s likely Ohio is the best opponent from the Mid-American Conference to visit Columbus in at least several years. The Bobcats have had three straight double-digit win seasons, culminating last fall with their first conference championship since 1968. While coach Tim Albin left for Charlotte, they promoted offensive coordinator Brian Smith to lead the program, and along with the return of starting quarterback Parker Navarro, there is a bit of continuity…
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