Indiana at Ohio State odds: Early point spread released, How to Watch

Before the season, no one believed that Ohio State hosting Indiana would be one of the biggest games of the college football season. However, with the way the season has unfolded, there’s no doubt that next Saturday’s game in Columbus is huge.

Ohio State and Indiana are both ranked in the top 5 of the College Football Playoff rankings, and the winner of Saturday’s game will have a great shot of reaching the Big Ten Championship game and the CFP.

The early betting line for the game is out and Ohio State is a home favorite over Indiana. Ohio State is a 10.5-point favorite, according to FanDuel. The over-under has been set at 54.5 points.

As for the moneyline, the Buckeyes are a -430 favorite on it. Meanwhile, Indiana is +330 on the moneyline. Here’s what you need to know about the game:

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How to watch Indiana at Ohio State

Time: 12 p.m. ET, Nov. 23
Channel: FOX/Fubo TV Streaming
Location: Ohio State; Columbus (Ohio)

Indiana is all the way up to No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings. The Hoosiers haven’t played the most difficult schedule, but they have handled everyone they have played.

Prior to last week’s game against Michigan Curt Cignetti’s club had won every game by at least 14 points. Michigan played the Hoosiers to a 20-15 game, but IU still found a way to win.

There’s no doubt that Ohio State is by far Indiana’s biggest challenge to date. This will be the first ranked team that the Hoosiers have faced all year.

ESPN’s Rece Davis joined “The Pat McAfee Show” recently and was asked the question everyone wants to know the answer to, at least as it pertains to Indiana: Would a big loss to Ohio State knock Indiana out of the top 12?

“I think it’s possible if it’s a big loss,” Davis said. “I was just thinking about this today, because I kind of get put out with the people who, immediately, no matter what the committee says, they’re outraged, they’re disgusted, ‘How can this happen?’ They don’t know what they’re talking about.

“Indiana has answered the questions that at least I deem important: ‘Do you look like a playoff team? Have you handled your competition well? How often have you played at your best?’ And the only place they fall short is, ‘Who have you done it against?’”

The transfer-heavy Hoosiers are second nationally with 43.9 points per game this year. They’re also seventh in the country with 13.8 points per game allowed in 2024.

As Davis said, however, Indiana’s strength of schedule (SOS) isn’t nearly as impressive. The Hoosiers rank 100th in that category, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index. No other team in the top five of this week’s CFP rankings has a SOS rank lower than 56th, per the FPI.

“So I do think the way they play against Ohio State will be important,” Davis said. “I don’t foresee this happening — I think Indiana’s a really good football team, but if they were to have happened to them by Ohio State what, say, the Hoosiers did to Nebraska, beat them 56-7, then I think it calls into question some of the other things that we’ve seen, most notably, ‘OK, who have you done this against?’

“If you go and play well, and you just happen not to beat a team that I think is capable of winning the national championship in their stadium, then I think Indiana’s a lock to make the playoff. I think it’s far more likely than not that they will regardless of what happens in Columbus.”