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Ohio State faces Indiana after last year's Big Ten title loss
No.
4 Ohio State hosts No.
5 Indiana on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, in a major college football game.
Indiana is the defending national champion and has won 22 straight games, while Ohio State is looking to recover from last season’s title-game defeat.
Indiana beat Ohio State 13-10 in the 2025 Big Ten Championship, despite Jeremiah Smith catching eight passes for 144 yards.
Smith is now Ohio State’s career leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and leads the Big Ten in those categories this season.
He is one touchdown from the Big Ten career record of 39, held by Michigan’s Braylon Edwards.
Indiana’s defense will try to disrupt Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, whom it sacked five times in last year’s championship game.
The winner gains an inside track to Indianapolis, and the teams meet Saturday at noon ET on Fox.
No. 4 Ohio State visits No. 5 Indiana on Saturday in a Week 7 Big Ten matchup in Bloomington.
The game is the teams’ first meeting since Indiana beat Ohio State 13-10 in the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game.
Indiana enters the matchup unbeaten this season and on a 22-game winning streak.
Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith had eight catches for 144 yards in last year’s title game, but the Buckeyes lost after a late missed field goal.
Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET at Memorial Stadium.
- Who
- No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Indiana.
- What
- The teams meet in a Big Ten football game, their first matchup since Indiana’s 13-10 win in the 2025 conference championship.
- When
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at noon ET.
- Where
- Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.
- Why
- The sources describe it as a Week 7 Big Ten matchup; a more specific reason is not stated.
Ohio State
Indiana
Last season’s Big Ten Championship Game
Ohio State
Ohio State lost 13-10 after a late missed field goal.
Indiana
Indiana won 13-10, its first win over Ohio State since 1988.
Ohio State beat then-unbeaten Indiana 38-15.
Indiana beat Ohio State 13-10; Jeremiah Smith recorded eight receptions for 144 yards.
Fox Sports reported the teams would meet the following day in Bloomington.
Ohio State and Indiana were scheduled to play at noon ET at Memorial Stadium.
- Ohio State ranking
- No. 4
- Indiana ranking
- No. 5
- Indiana winning streak
- 22 games
- Last meeting
- Indiana beat Ohio State 13-10 in the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game
- Jeremiah Smith, 2025 title game
- 8 receptions, 144 yards
- Kickoff
- Noon ET, Oct. 17, 2026
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