The 121st edition of "The Game" will take place on this week's "Big Noon Saturday," as No. 15 Michigan hosts No. 1 Ohio State (12 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app).
This matchup has held pivotal College Football Playoff implications in recent years, and this year is no different, as the Buckeyes can earn a berth in the Big Ten title game with a victory. Should the Wolverines win, they make it to the conference championship with a loss by either Indiana or Oregon.
All that said, this matchup is the featured rivalry in the Big Ten and one of the premier rivalries in college football altogether; nothing is a given on Saturday at The Big House.
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Here's 'The Game’ by the numbers:
0: There are no players on Ohio State’s current roster who were on the team the last time the Buckeyes beat Michigan (2019).
1: Bryce Underwood is looking to become the first Michigan true freshman QB to beat Ohio State in the FBS era, as well as the first true freshman QB to do so since Matt Barkley in 2009.
3: The underdog has won the Ohio State-Michigan game in three of the last four seasons.
5: Michigan is looking for its fifth straight win vs Ohio State, a feat the Wolverines haven't accomplished since winning six straight from 1922-27; prior to this streak, Ohio State had won eight straight in the series.
6: Ryan Day has only lost six regular season games in his career, and four have come against Michigan; he is 75-6 in the regular season as Ohio State's head coach, and 81-10 when including bowl games.
7.6: Ohio State is holding opponents to 7.6 PPG,
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