Ohio State football schedule 2025: Dates, opponents, byes for Buckeyes next season

Posted by author January 21, 2025 Football

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Ohio State football is your College Football Playoff national champion for the 2024 college football season.

The No. 8-seeded Buckeyes closed out their championship run with a 34-23 win over No 7 Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday. Ohio State clinched its first national championship since 2014 with the victory.

With the 2024 season officially wrapped up, Buckeyes fans wondering what the 2025 college football schedule looks like for a repeat need look no further.

Here’s a look at the entire Buckeyes’ football schedule for the 2025 season:

Ohio State football schedule 2025

Highlights of the schedule include a massive Week 1 nonconference game vs. Texas in a rematch of the Cotton Bowl semifinal; a cross-country trip to open Big Ten play at Washington in Week 5; and, of course, the season-ending game at Michigan in Week 14. The Buckeyes will look to secure their first win vs. the Wolverines since 2019 in 2025.

Ohio State has two byes, in Weeks 4 and 9.

Here’s a week-by-week look at the Buckeyes’ 2025 football schedule.

Saturday, Aug. 30: vs. Texas
Saturday, Sept. 6: vs. Grambling
Saturday, Sept. 13: vs. Ohio
Saturday, Sept. 20: BYE
Saturday, Sept. 27: at Washington*
Saturday, Oct. 4: vs. Minnesota*
Saturday, Oct. 11: at Illinois*
Saturday, Oct. 18: at Wisconsin*
Saturday, Oct. 25: BYE
Saturday, Nov. 1: vs. Penn State*
Saturday, Nov. 8: at Purdue*
Saturday, Nov. 15: vs. UCLA*
Saturday, Nov. 22: vs. Rutgers*
Saturday, Nov. 29: at Michigan*

* Denotes Big Ten game

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