Ohio State Buckeyes at Purdue Boilermakers Score Predictions: Another shutout coming for Matt Patricia’s defense?
Ohio State is looking to move to 9-0 on the road against Purdue.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are an 8-0 football team ranked No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings because they’ve been the most dominant team this season. While Ohio State hasn’t faced the toughest schedule, their best wins have come over the No. 11 Texas Longhorns and No. 23 Washington Huskies.
The Buckeyes are entering an interesting stretch of their schedule, where they’ll be heavily favored before traveling to Michigan for the big one against the Wolverines. Ohio State can’t afford to slip up against Purdue, UCLA, or Rutgers over the next few weeks if they want to keep their Big Ten title hopes alive. This stretch begins on the road against Purdue in a matchup where the Buckeyes are heavy favorites. Let’s predict how this one will go.
Ohio State vs. Purdue series notes
- Ohio State is 18-5 all-time against Purdue and all five of those losses have happened on the road for the Buckeyes.
- Ohio State last fell in blowout fashion to Purdue and former Boilermakers WR Rondale Moore during the 2018 season by a score of 49-20
- The Buckeyes have defeated Purdue three times since, including last season’s 45-0 win.
Ohio State 45, Purdue 3
A second-half field goal will be the only score for the Boilermakers, who will struggle to move the ball against Ohio State’s No. 1-ranked defense. Purdue has been especially poor defensively against both the run and the pass, so this could be a game where the Buckeyes jump out to an early lead behind the arm of Julian Sayin before leaning heavily on the run game. This one should be decided by halftime, giving Ohio State a rare chance to get plenty of depth players involved in the second half. — Brandon Little, A to Z Sports Ohio State
Ohio State 52, Purdue 0
Ohio State will set a new season-high in rush attempts, not allow Purdue to cross the 50-yard line, and we’ll see freshman backup quarterback, Tavien St. Clair, play at least one quarter. The Buckeyes aren’t interested in playing with their food at this point of the season, nor do they wish to play so high-tempo that they smash records. They could do that against Purdue if they wanted to, as the talent disparity and strengths are that severe. Instead, the Buckeyes take to the ground and establish how they want to improve a run game that could be more efficient when the Playoffs arrive. — Ian Valentino, A to Z Sports Ohio State
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