Ohio State at Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Interstat) — Ohio State will visit Indiana on Saturday in an NCAA Football Bowl Division game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The Buckeyes enter at 5-1, while the Hoosiers are 6-0.
Ohio State is coming off a 45-16 home win against Maryland. Julian Sayin completed 13 of 21 passes for 242 yards and four touchdowns and rushed seven times for 11 yards. Bo Jackson ran 23 times for 107 yards and two touchdowns and caught one pass for 3 yards, while Ja’Kobi Jackson ran 14 times for 76 yards and caught two passes for 8 yards. Sayin completed 20 of 27 passes for 324 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-14 win at Iowa. He completed 27 of 36 passes for 367 yards and four touchdowns and rushed seven times for 29 yards and one touchdown in a 42-19 win over Illinois. He completed 18 of 22 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns in a 59-3 win over Kent State. Ohio State also beat Ball State 56-3 and lost at Texas 24-23.
Indiana is coming off a 20-17 win at Nebraska. Josh Hoover completed 12 of 22 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns and rushed five times for 24 yards. Lee Beebe Jr. ran nine times for 31 yards, and Turbo Richard ran eight times for 10 yards. Hoover completed 20 of 27 passes for 251 yards and four touchdowns in a 47-15 win at Rutgers. He completed 19 of 29 passes for 201 yards with one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown in a 29-23 win over Northwestern. He passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-0 win over Western Kentucky. Indiana also beat Howard 55-0 and North Texas 52-16.
Sayin has passed for at least 241 yards in each of his last four games, with multiple touchdown passes in each. Hoover has passed for at least 201 yards in each of his last four games, including four touchdown passes against Rutgers and two against Nebraska and Western Kentucky. Indiana has won four home games and two road games this season.
Ohio State’s remaining schedule includes a trip to Southern California, home games against Oregon, Northwestern and Michigan and a trip to Nebraska. Indiana’s upcoming slate includes a trip to Michigan, home games against Minnesota, Southern California and Purdue and a trip to Washington.
Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Indiana 23, Ohio State 21. Ohio State has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5. The over/under for this game is 50.5.