Ohio State Football Release: Nonconference Schedules Complete Through 2028

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The non-conference schedules for the Ohio State football team are now set through the 2028 season with the announcement today from the Department of Athletics of two additional agreements in place for home games at Ohio Stadium:

• Ohio State and New Hampshire will play Sept. 11, 2027; and
• Ohio State and Northern Illinois will play Sept. 16, 2028.

Ohio State and New Hampshire, the alma mater of head coach Ryan Day, will meet on the gridiron for the first time. The game against Northern Illinois will be the third between the two schools with Ohio State winning prior games in 2006 (35-12) and 2015 (20-13).

Ohio State’s upcoming nonconference schedules include home-and-home arrangements with Texas in 2025-26 and Alabama in 2027-28.

 

2024 Schedule

Aug. 31 – Southern Mississippi

Sept. 7 – Western Michigan

Sept. 21 – Marshall

 

2025 Schedule

Aug. 30 – Texas

Sept. 13 – Ohio

Oct. 18 – UConn

2026 Schedule

Sept. 5 – Ball State

Sept. 12 – at Texas

Sept. 19 – Kent State

 

2027 Schedule

Sept. 4 – Bowling Green

Sept. 11 – New Hampshire

Sept. 18 – Alabama

2028 Schedule

Sept. 2 – Buffalo

Sept. 9 – at Alabama

Sept. 16 – Northern Illinois

 

Single Game Tickets Available

Some single game football tickets for 2023 home games are available for purchase at http://go.osu.edu/fbtix. Where available, prices will start as low as $41 and will vary across price zones and opponents.

 

2023 Ohio State Football Schedule

Sept. 2 – at Indiana (3:30 p.m.; CBS)

Sept. 9 – Youngstown State (12 noon; BTN)

Sept. 16 – Western Kentucky (4 p.m.; FOX)

Sept. 23 – at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m.; NBC & Peacock)

Sept. 30 – Off

Oct. 7 – Maryland/Homecoming (12 noon; FOX)

*Oct. 14 – at Purdue

*Oct. 21 – Penn State

*Oct. 28 – at Wisconsin

*Nov. 4 – at Rutgers

Nov. 11 – Michigan State (7:30 p.m; NBC)

*Nov. 18 – Minnesota

Nov. 25 – at Michigan (12 Noon; FOX)

Dec. 2 – Big Ten Championship Game (8 p.m.; FOX)

*Game times announced during the in-season 12-/6-day selection process

 

Ohio State Official Press Release