Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Western Michigan Broncos Week 2 Preview: Keys to the Game

Regardless, Ohio State is a heavy, 21.5-point favorite against Western Michigan when the Broncos and Buckeyes go at it on Sept. 7. The Buckeyes haven't lost a non-Power 5 game since 1990… and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. Although it hasn't happened in a while, the latter half of the 2010s for Ohio State football was defined by a bad loss each season that kept their championship aspirations short. In 2016, it was unranked Penn State; 2017 was Iowa; 2018 was Purdue.