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No. 1 Ohio State Travels to Madison for Contest at Wisconsin
10/14/2025 8:11:00 AM | Football
FIRST AND TEN
- The No. 1/1 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0; 3-0 Big Ten), a winner of 10 consecutive games, travel to Madison, Wisc., to take on the Wisconsin Badgers (2-4; 0-3) in a 3:30 p.m. EDT / 2:30 p.m. CDT game at Camp Randall Stadium. CBS will broadcast the game to a national audience.
- Ohio State's winning streak is tied with Memphis for the longest streak in the nation with Navy next at nine consecutive wins.
- Ohio State is one of 11 unbeaten FBS schools and one of eight unbeaten Power 4 programs.
- The Buckeyes/Badgers rivalry is 86 games old with the first game between the two taking place in 1913.
- Ohio State leads the all-time series with Wisconsin with 63 victories against 18 defeats and five ties.
- The teams last met in 2023: a 24-10 Ohio State win at Camp Randall. There are 11 current Buckeyes who played in the game, including starters Carson Hinzman and Davison Igbinosun.
- The two teams will next meet in the regular season in 2028 in Columbus.
- Ohio State is off next Saturday and will return to action Nov. 1 against Penn State, which plays at Iowa this week and is also off next week.
BY THE NUMBERS
10+: Ryan Day's Ohio State teams have had four winning streaks of at least 10 games: 16 consecutive wins in 2018-19, 12 consecutive wins (2021-22), 11 consecutive wins (2023) and the current streak of 10.
7-8: Ohio State has forced eight opponent turnovers this season (three interceptions and five fumbles) and after seven the Ohio State offense has scored a TD, including all three times Saturday vs. Illinois.
WR1: WR Jeremiah Smith has now scored a receiving touchdown in five consecutive games after scoring in seven consecutive games in 2024. He is second nationally this season with seven receiving touchdowns.
99: Ryan Day has coached 86 games at Ohio State and in 85 of those games – or 99 pct. of them – his team has been ranked in the Associated Press Top 10. The outlier: Ohio State was #11 vs. Rutgers in 2021.
DARN GOOD DEFENSE
- Ohio State's defense, under the direction of coordinator Matt Patricia, continues to be a force. The unit gave up 295 yards to Illinois (102 below the Illini average), including a season high in passing yards with 248, but still ranks highly nationally in a host of categories, including:
- No. 1 in scoring (6.8 ppg), fewest rushing touchdowns (1), and red zone scoring percentage (55 pct.);
- No. 2 in red zone scores (6) and red zone TDs (2); and
- Top 10 in total offensive yards allowed (4th at 229.0 ypg), passing TDs (5th with 3), passing yards (7th at 145.0 ypg) and rushing yards (9th at 84.0 ypg).
BEST, FEWEST AND SECOND-MOST
- Since the start of the College Football Playoff era in 2014, Ohio State …
- Has the best winning percentage at .888 (135-17); Alabama is second at .881, 141-19;
- Has the fewest losses with 17 (Alabama, 19); and
- Has the second-most wins with 135; Alabama has 141 and is followed by Ohio State, Clemson (132) and Georgia (130).
THE OHIO STATE/WISCONSIN SERIES
- Ohio State and Wisconsin are meeting for the 87th time since the series began in 1913, and for the 43rd time in Madison, where Ohio State holds a 28-12-2 advantage.
- The Buckeyes are on a 10-game winning streak versus Wisconsin, dating to the 2010 season when the 18th-ranked Badgers stunned the No. 1 Buckeyes, 31-18, at Camp Randall Stadium.
BUCKEYE/BADGER NOTES
- Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell played at Ohio State from 1993-96 and coached at his alma mater for 16 seasons, from 2001-16. He was on staff for two national championship seasons: 2002 and 2014.
- Fickell red-shirted the 1992 season before starting a then-school-record 50 consecutive games at DT.
- He recorded 212 career tackles (at tackle!) with 26 TFLs (for minus-85 yards), six sacks and 13 pass break-ups.
- Three-time Ohio State captain (2018-20) and LB Tuf Borland is assistant LB coach for the Badgers.
- 2017 Ohio State captain Chris Worley is Wisconsin's director of player development.
- 2013 Ohio State captain Kenny Guiton is Wisconsin's QBs coach.
- Greg Gillum (chief of staff), Brady Collins (director, strength & conditioning), Paul Haynes (cornerbacks coach), Mike Tressel (DC) and Mike Cebene (assistant special teams coach) are all former Buckeye players or coaches now with the Badgers.
- Badger WR Jayden Ballard was also a Buckeye, from 2021-24. He played in 35 games and had 11 receptions for 177 yards and one TD … that coming vs. Toledo when he had four receptions for 118 yards with a long play of 72 yards for the score.
