Ohio State will conclude its regular season with six straight noon games.
The clean sweep of noon games for the second half of the regular season was confirmed Monday when the Big Ten announced Ohio State’s Nov. 23 home game against Indiana will kick off at 12 p.m. and will be televised by FOX.
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Ohio State vs. Indiana will be its sixth of seven noon games this season overall. Ohio State played just one noon game in the first half of the season, its Sept. 21 home game against Marshall, but every single game since its Oct. 12 road night game at Oregon has kicked off at noon.
All but one of Ohio State’s noon games have been Big Noon games televised by FOX. Ohio State has been featured on FOX’s prime telecast in its last three games and will be again in each of its final two games of the regular season against Indiana and Michigan.
The only noon game that won’t be on FOX is this Saturday’s game against Northwestern, which will be televised on Big Ten Network.
Ohio State vs. Indiana could be a matchup of top-five teams – which would make it the first time Ohio State has played three games against top-five-ranked opponents in the same regular season – as the Hoosiers will bring a 10-0 record to Ohio Stadium after beating Michigan on Saturday. Assuming Ohio State beats Northwestern this weekend, OSU vs. Indiana will serve as a de facto play-in game for a Big Ten Championship Game, as the winner will control its own destiny for a conference championship game berth entering the final week of the regular season.
Indiana has a bye this week, giving it an extra week to prepare for the Buckeyes, who look to improve to 9-1 vs. the Wildcats.
