Ohio vs. Ohio State

Ohio and Ohio State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1999; officially, Ohio State leads 3–⁠0; as played, 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Ohio State 4–⁠0, and Ohio State has won the last 4. The NCAA vacated Ohio State’s win (2010); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Ohio State leads 3–⁠0
Ohio wins on file
0
Ohio State wins on file
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1999
Longest streak
4 Ohio State
Current streak
4 Ohio State
Last 10 meetings
Ohio State 4–⁠0
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠1
2000s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
25 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ohio State
4–⁠0 Ohio State’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio and Ohio State, 1999 on1300150017001900200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Sep 13, 20251Ohio State 37, Ohio 9at Ohio State
Sep 18, 20102Ohio State 43, Ohio 7vacatedat Ohio State
Sep 6, 20083Ohio State 26, Ohio 14at Ohio State
Sep 18, 199913Ohio State 40, Ohio 16at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.