Ohio State’s non-conference schedules for the next five years are now complete.
OSU announced Thursday that it has scheduled football games at Ohio Stadium against New Hampshire in 2027 and Northern Illinois in 2028, filling the Buckeyes’ non-conference slates for those seasons.
New Hampshire, Ryan Day’s alma mater, will play Ohio State for the first time ever when it travels to the Shoe on Sept. 11, 2027. UNH will be Ohio State’s second FCS opponent in a five-year span after the Buckeyes played Youngstown State in their second game of this season.
Northern Illinois will play at Ohio State for the third time on Sept. 16, 2028. The Buckeyes won both of the first two matchups, defeating the Huskies 35-12 in 2006 and eking out a 20-13 win over NIU in 2015.
Ohio State, which just completed its 2023 non-conference schedule with its 17-14 win over Notre Dame, now has three non-conference games scheduled for each of the next five seasons. The Buckeyes will now play any non-conference games against Power 5 competition next year, but will play home-and-homes against Texas in 2025 and 2026 and Alabama in 2027 and 2028.
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, AUG. 31 | SOUTHERN MISS | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 7 | WESTERN MICHIGAN | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 21 | MARSHALL | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, AUG. 30 | TEXAS | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 13 | OHIO | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, OCT. 18 | CONNECTICUT | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, SEPT. 5 | BALL STATE | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 12 | TEXAS | DARRELL K. ROYAL-TEXAS MEMORIAL STADIUM (AUSTIN, TX) |
| SAT, SEPT. 19 | KENT STATE | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, SEPT. 4 | BOWLING GREEN | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 11 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 18 | ALABAMA | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| DATE | OPPONENT | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| SAT, SEPT. 2 | BUFFALO | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
| SAT, SEPT. 9 | ALABAMA | BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM (TUSCALOOSA, AL) |
| SAT, SEPT. 16 | NORTHERN ILLINOIS | OHIO STADIUM (COLUMBUS, OH) |
