No. 2 Ohio State plays host to Iowa in a Saturday showdown featuring two Big Ten teams with totally different identities. The Buckeyes are undefeated and coming off a bye week while looking to stay on track toward a berth in the College Football Playoff. Iowa is coming off a bye, as well, but unlike Ohio State, the Hawkeyes are looking to salvage a season headed in the wrong direction. Iowa has lost two straight, and a loss to the Buckeyes would drop them to 1-3 in the Big Ten.
The Hawkeyes haven’t lost three Big Ten games in a season since 2019, when they went 6-3 and 10-3 overall. Considering their history against Ohio State, it’s safe to assume that streak will end this weekend. Iowa won the last meeting 55-24, but that game was in Iowa City, Iowa, and it was back in the 2017 season. Ohio State has dominated the series 46-15-3 since the schools first met in 1922.
So we’re either in for business as usual this weekend or one of the biggest upsets of 2022.
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How to watch Ohio State vs. Iowa live
Date: Saturday, October 22 | Time: 12 p.m. ET
Location: Ohio Stadium — Columbus, Ohio
TV: Fox | Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free)
Ohio State vs. Iowa: Need to know
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Iowa has scored 30 points in only one of its last 15 games: Yep. While the Hawkeyes beat Maryland 51-14 last October, that was the result of roughly a billion Maryland turnovers. After that, the only time the Hawkeyes scored more than 30 points in a game was in a 33-23 win over Illinois last November. Slowing the Buckeyes offense down is important, but nobody is going to stop it. So Iowa needs to figure out a way to score points, which has been a significant problem for it. The Hawkeyes enter the weekend ranked 127th nationally (of 131) with only 14.7 points per game. They’ve been held to…
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