Recapping Ohio State's 2024 football regular-season

No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) will play No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten) in the first-round of the College Football Playoff.

Kickoff between the Vols and Buckeyes is slated for 8 p.m. EST at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The game will be televised by ABC.

Ohio State and Tennessee both concluded regular-season play on Nov. 30. The Buckeyes lost to Michigan, 13-10, at home, while Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 36-23, at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Buckeyes have victories over Akron, Western Michigan, Marshall, Michigan State, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, Northwestern and Indiana.

Ohio State’s losses were to the Wolverines and Big Ten champion Oregon.

The Buckeyes are ranked sixth in the final College Football Playoff poll, while Tennessee is ranked seventh.

Ole Miss running back transfer Quinshon Judkins led Ohio State in rushing during the regular-season. He totaled 147 rushing attempts for 805 yards and eight touchdowns. Judkins also recorded 15 receptions for 109 yards and one touchdown.

Quarterback Will Howard completed 227-of-314 passing attempts for 2,860 yards, 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also totaled 131 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 72 attempts.

Jeremiah Smith leads the Buckeyes in receiving. He recorded 57 receptions for 934 yards and 10 touchdowns during the regular-season.

Safety Sonny Styles leads Ohio Sate with 76 tackles. He also recorded four sacks and one fumble recovery. Linebacker Cody Simon recorded 74 tackles, five sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery for the Buckeyes this season.