Buckeyes draw early kickoff for road trip to Northwestern

COLUMBUS — Ohio State will open the final month of the regular season on the road.

The Buckeyes now know what time their road game at Northwestern will kick off — and what channel it’ll be televised on.

Ohio State will head to Ryan Field in Evanston for an early-November matchup with the one-win Wildcats. That game will kick off at Noon and be on ABC. It will mark the third straight Noon game for the Buckeyes, who had just one early kickoff in the first half of the entire season.

No. 2 Ohio State hasn’t lost yet this season and has beaten up on both opponents in the Big Ten West, beating Iowa and Wisconsin by an average of 37.5 points per game. The Northwestern game projects to be the same kind of blowout. The Wildcats have one win on the year, a stunning upset of Nebraska in Week 0 in Ireland. Since then, they’re 0-6 with notable losses against Miami (Ohio), Duke and Southern Illinois.

But November road games can be tricky, even for Ohio State. The Buckeyes will face the Wildcats for an 11 a.m. Central Time kickoff on Nov. 5.

Plan accordingly for the showdown.

Counting down

Buckeyes vs. Penn State: 5 days away

Ohio State vs. Northwestern: 12 days away

Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 33 days away

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