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.
CONF | OVR | PF | PA | |
---|---|---|---|---|
8-0 | 11-3 | 452 | 284 | |
7-1 | 11-3 | 359 | 223 | |
6-2 | 10-3 | 316 | 206 | |
5-3 | 7-6 | 324 | 273 | |
5-3 | 7-6 | 340 | 312 | |
4-4 | 6-7 | 254 | 347 | |
3-5 | 5-7 | 278 | 373 | |
3-5 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | |
3-5 | 4-8 | 219 | 293 | |
3-5 | 3-9 | 251 | 329 | |
1-7 | 2-10 | 195 | 336 | |
0-8 | 1-11 | 176 | 415 |