Northwestern Wildcats @ Ohio State Buckeyes — Nov 14, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 14, 2026
Wildcats Northwestern NW 5-2, 1-2 Away
November 14, 2026 6:00 pm
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Buckeyes Ohio State OSU 6-2, 4-0 Home
Key Players
Northwestern
AC
A. Chiles QB
1625 PASS
256 RUSH
0 REC
CK
C. Komolafe SAF
0 PASS
574 RUSH
125 REC
GW
G. Wilde WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
657 REC
Ohio State
J. Sayin QB
2007 PASS
-9 RUSH
0 REC
J. Smith WR
0 PASS
7 RUSH
1067 REC
BJ
B. Jackson RB
0 PASS
637 RUSH
103 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Northwestern
Ohio State
Scoring 0–3
33.6 23rd
Points
12th 36.6
18.9 23rd
Opp Points
11th 15.5
14.7 14th
Point Diff
6th 21.1
Offense 3–3
429.7 23rd
Total Yds
8th 474.8
232.1 56th
Pass Yds
7th 315.3
197.6 18th
Rush Yds
60th 159.5
23.4 18th
1st Downs
13th 24.5
46.1 22nd
3rd Down%
33rd 44.2
96.7 5th
Red Zone%
53rd 86.5
Kicking & Discipline 3–1
76.5 75th
FG%
29th 85.7
0.4 3rd
Turnovers
41st 1.1
6.6 68th
Penalties
96th 7.3
50.0 48th
Penalty Yds
55th 53.6
Recent Form
Northwestern
L @ ORE 26-34
W vs RUTG 42-14
W @ MSU 24-21
W vs BALL 45-14
W vs PSU 34-13
Ohio State
L @ USC 18-30
W @ IND 19-15
W vs MD 45-16
W @ IOWA 31-14
W vs ILL 42-19
Form Comparison
Northwestern vs Ohio State
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 14, 2026
Time
6:00 pm