Ohio State Football Schedule 2024: Watch Big Games and Important Matchups
Here’s everything you need to know about the Ohio State football team’s 2024 schedule.
With the 2024 Ohio State season quickly approaching, it’s time for football fans to get their priorities in order.
Which do you think would be better: Ohio State beat Michigan for the first time since 2019 but miss out on the national championship, or Ohio State lose its fourth consecutive meeting with rival Wolverines but finish the season with the College Football Playoff national championship trophy?
Consider this scenario: Ohio State wins 11 games, loses to Michigan, but takes the championship. That’s the result of The Dispatch’s season simulation using EA Sports College Football 25. Would that make fans happy? Tell us in our poll. (We know you probably want to choose “both,” but that would make it too easy.)
Could Ohio State win the national championship if Michigan loses?
Ohio State’s chances of winning a national championship by losing to rival Michigan have increased dramatically.
In 2024, the College Football Playoff will expand to 12 teams. The top four seeds – each of which will be conference champions – will receive a first-round bye. The other eight teams will play in the first round at the higher-seeded team’s home stadium.
According to the final College Football Playoff rankings for the 2023 season, four teams in the top 12 had one loss – Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State – while five teams in the top 12 had two losses: Oregon, Missouri, Penn State, Mississippi and Oklahoma.
According to the 2023 rankings, Ohio State would have been seeded 7th in the expanded College Football Playoff.
Ohio State Football Schedule 2024
- August 31: Ohio State vs. Akron; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- September 7: Ohio State vs. Western Michigan; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- September 21: Ohio State vs. Marshall; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- September 28: Ohio State at Michigan State; Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
- October 5: Ohio State vs. Iowa; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- October 12: Ohio State at Oregon; Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
- October 26: Ohio State vs. Nebraska; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- November 2: Ohio State at Penn State; Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
- November 9: Ohio State vs. Purdue; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- November 16: Ohio State at Northwestern; Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
- November 23: Ohio State vs. Indiana; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
- November 30: Ohio State vs. Michigan; Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
