Gameday central: Michigan football vs. Ohio State
Michigan Wolverines football and Ohio State will do battle with the Big Ten East Division on the line Saturday afternoon in Columbus. Here is everything you need to get ready for the game.
Game information: Michigan football vs. Ohio State
Venue: Ohio Stadium (Columbus, Ohio)
Kickoff: 12:14 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Stream: FoxSports.com or the Fox Sports App
On The Call: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color) and Tom Rinaldi (sideline)
Radio: LEARFIELD Michigan Sports Network, anchored by WWJ 950 AM in the Detroit area, with Doug Karsch (play-by-play), Jon Jansen (color) and Jason Avant (sideline) on the call. Karsch and Jansen are regular contributors to TheWolverine.com. Click here for the full list of radio affiliates to find the station in your area. The radio broadcast can also be streamed through MGoBlue.com.
Series Facts: This will be the 118th meeting between the teams, and Michigan leads the all-time series 59-52-6. The two teams first met in 1897, a 34-0 U-M win in Ann Arbor. Since 2003, Ohio State has won 15 of the last 18 meetings between the teams. The Wolverines won last year’s matchup 42-27, snapping an eight-game Buckeye winning streak in the series.
Betting line
Ohio State is an eight-point favorite with the over/under set at 55.5 total points.
Michigan is 17-7-1 against the spread in its last 25 games and 6-4-1 this season. The under has hit in eight of the Wolverines 11 games this year. Ohio State is 5-5-1 against the spread this season. The total has gone over in eight of its 11 contests, including eight of its last nine.
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TheWolverine.com predictions
Chris Balas: Ohio State 30, U-M 27 (U-M +8, o55.5)
John Borton: Ohio State 35, U-M 24 (OSU -8, o55.5)
Clayton Sayfie: Ohio State 31, U-M 30 (U-M +8, o55.5)
Anthony Broome: U-M 30, Ohio State 28 (U-M +8, o55.5)
Doug Skene: Ohio State 35, U-M 21 (OSU -8, o55.5)
Click here to read our full staff predictions article.
Weather report: Columbus, Ohio forecast
Weather.com projects it to be 47 degrees and sunny at kickoff, with a 1-percent chance of precipitation and 7 MPH winds out of the southwest. It’s expected to rise to 56 degrees and partly cloudy by 4 p.m. ET.
For tailgating purposes, it’ll be 30 degrees and sunny at 8 a.m. ET, before warming up to 44 degrees by 11 a.m.
Pregame reading
• Keys to the Game: Michigan football at Ohio State
• Previewing Michigan vs. Ohio State with a Buckeyes insider
• INSIDE THE FORT: Michigan at OSU – Opinions on who will play, more
• Tale of the tape: Sizing up Michigan football vs. Ohio State
• Five players who could decide the game: Michigan vs. Ohio State
• Top 10 Michigan individual performances against Ohio State
• By the numbers: Michigan, Ohio State enter ‘The Game’ undefeated together for the fourth time
