Ohio State will have the luxury of beginning the 2022 season with five straight home games, but the Buckeyes will still face some significant tests throughout their new schedule.
That said, Ohio State will still be playing all of the same opponents it was scheduled to play before Wednesday’s update, and that leaves plenty of potential tests in the Buckeyes’ path, including a season opener against a likely preseason top-10 team in Notre Dame, a full slate of Big Ten East opponents and games against what could be the two best teams in the Big Ten West.
If Ohio State had the opportunity to craft an ideal schedule for itself, it would probably choose to play one of its road games in September rather than having to play four of its final seven games on the road. The Buckeyes will go untested on the road until they play Michigan State on Oct. 8, and they’ll have to play three road games in a four-week span when they play Penn State on Oct. 29, Northwestern on Nov. 5 and Maryland on Nov. 19.
After playing Nebraska in each of the last six seasons, Ohio State will play Wisconsin in its protected crossover game for the next four seasons, which will present a step up in interdivisional competition. While Nebraska finished with a losing record in the last five of those six seasons, Wisconsin has finished with a winning record in all of its last 20 seasons, and the Badgers usually play the Buckeyes tough – though Ohio State has won the last eight meetings.
For the second year in a row, Ohio State’s only off week of the regular season will come smack dab in the middle of the schedule, as the Buckeyes will play six games before their bye week and six more regular-season games after.
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