COLUMBUS – Ohio State looks to continue its roll when it visits struggling Nebraska on Saturday.
(5) OHIO STATE (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) at NEBRASKA (3-6, 2-4)
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 6 (Noon/FOX)
Ohio State is a two-touchdown favorite at Nebraska and the Buckeyes have outscored the Cornhuskers by an average of 53-18 while winning the last six meetings in the series. But, at
No. 5 in the season’s first College Football Playoff rankings, they have no margin for error, so coach Ryan Day wants his players to forget recent history.
“They need to understand that it is March Madness and so, you watch across the country, week in and week out, a lot of things have happened this year, and we can’t let that happen to us,” Day said.
No two-loss team has ever made the playoff.
The Buckeyes have won six straight and are averaging 50.8 points per game since losing to Oregon on Sept. 11 while the defense is allowing just 13.6 points per game.
Ohio State’s 23-game Big Ten winning streak is the longest in the conference since the Buckeyes’ national record, 30-game conference winning streak from 2013-15.
Nebraska – facing its third top-10 opponent this season — has lost three straight and five of its last six. But none of the Huskers’ six losses has been by more than eight points.