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TBA FOX\u003Cbr>Dec. 18-19 CFP First Round TBA TBA Dec. 30-Jan. 1 CFP Quarterfinals TBA ESPN\u003Cbr>Jan. 8-9 CFP Semifinals TBA ESPN Jan. 19 CFP Championship 7:30 p. m. ESPN\u003Cbr>Rankings from the Associated Press\u003Cbr>Home: 0-0\u003Cbr>Road: 0-0\u003Cbr>Neutral: 0-0\u003Cbr>Day: 0-0\u003Cbr>Night: 0-0\u003Cbr>September: 0-0\u003Cbr>October: 0-0\u003Cbr>November: 0-0\u003Cbr>Top 10: 0-0\u003Cbr>Top 25: 0-0\u003Cbr>Unranked: 0-0\u003Cbr>TELEVISION: Big Ten Network |  |  |  |  |  | FIRST AND TEN\u003Cbr>􀂃 Ohio State has won 26 consecutive seasonopening games. The Buckeyes are 487-113-19 alltime in Ohio Stadium, which will begin its 104th season as home of the Buckeyes this fall.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Ohio State is 39-1 all-time vs. current members of the MAC and is riding a 39-game unbeaten streak.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Ryan Day’s teams are 25-1 in the month of September and 21-1 in regular season nonconference games.\u003Cbr>􀂃 The season-opener against Ball State will behead coach Ryan Day’s 31st game against a nonBig Ten Conference opponent in his tenure as head coach (wins vs. Oregon State and TCU as acting head coach in 2018 included) .\u003Cbr>􀂃 Day’s Buckeyes are 24-6 in the previous 30 games and average 41.7 points per game.\u003Cbr>􀂃 Included in those 24 wins are seven against teams ranked in the Top 10: vs. No. 1 Texas (2025), vs. No. 3 Clemson (2020), No. 5 Texas (2024), No. 5 Notre Dame (2022), No. 7 Notre Dame (2024), No. 9 Tennessee (2024) and No. 9 Notre Dame (2023) .\u003Cbr>􀂃 Day’s Buckeyes are 8-0 in season-opening games with an average margin of victory of 25.4 points per game. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | THE DAY ERA\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>SCORING OFF. SINCE 2019 No. 1. Team\u003Cbr>Ohio State Points Per Game 39.4 2. Alabama 38.9 3. SMU 37.6 4. Oregon 36.5 5. Notre Dame 36.3\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>TOTAL DEFENSE SINCE 2019 No. Team\u003Cbr>1. Ohio State Yds. Per Game 290.9 2. James Madison 293.2 3. Georgia 295.8 4. Iowa 299.7 5. Wisconsin 305.2\u003Cbr>No. 1.\u003Cbr>2. PASSING TDS SINCE 2\u003Cbr>Team Passing\u003Cbr>Ohio State\u003Cbr>Alabama 019\u003Cbr>TDs 254\u003Cbr>248 3. LSU 233 4. Western Kentucky 225 5. 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