Ohio State will play its fourth consecutive noon game on Nov. 16 when it plays Northwestern at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
The Buckeyes and Wildcats received a noon kickoff time and a TV slot on the Big Ten Network for their matchup that weekend. Ohio State played each of its last two contests against Nebraska and then-No. 3 Penn State at noon, and will play Purdue at noon this Saturday.
It's the second game this season on BTN for the Buckeyes, the other being its 56-0 blowout of Western Michigan in Week 2.
No. 3 Ohio State will likely enter the Northwestern matchup 8-1 as the 1-7 Boilermakers have not beaten an FBS opponent this season. Northwestern defeated Purdue 26-20 in overtime to improve to 4-5 on the year this past Saturday and gets a bye this weekend before taking on OSU.
Wrigley Field, home to the MLB's Chicago Cubs, will play host to Northwestern’s final two home games of the season, the Ohio State game and the Wildcats' game against Illinois on Nov. 30, while the Wildcats construct a new football stadium on campus. The stadium has a capacity of 41,649 fans for baseball games. Northwestern's other five home games this season were played on campus at Martin Stadium, the home of its lacrosse and soccer teams.
Ohio State has won 10 consecutive games against Northwestern dating back to 2004, including a 22-10 win over the Wildcats in the 2020 Big Ten Championship Game, the Buckeyes' last conference title. The Buckeyes won the most recent meeting between the teams in 2022, 21-7, on a notoriously windy day at the former Ryan Field in Evanston. Ohio State holds a 65-14-1 record in the series all-time.
It will be the fifth consecutive time the Buckeyes play Northwestern away from home, with three true road matchups against the Wildcats and two Big Ten Championship Game wins since Ohio State’s last home game against Northwestern in 2016.
