Scores / Week 1

Ball State

4-8 in 2025

Ohio State

#5 12-2 in 2025

4:30 PM

Saturday, September 5

BTN · Ohio Stadium

The market

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The matchup 2025 profiles

Trenches

1.40 Line yards per carry 2.76
29.9% Stuff rate allowed 19.4%
15.4% Sack rate allowed 4.0%
2.68 Line yards allowed 1.79
5.5% Sack rate created 9.3%

Red zone

59.0% Red zone TD rate 72.0%
70.4% Red zone score rate 87.0%
81.4% Score rate allowed 64.3%

The people 2025 production, current rosters

BALL

Red zone punchers

TJ Horton RB 10 opps · 1 TD
Donovan Hamilton WR 6 opps · 0 TD
Johnny Thompson Jr. RB 5 opps · 0 TD

The workload

TJ Horton RB 7.5/g · 10% of plays
Jalen Bonds RB 9.7/g · 4% of plays
Donovan Hamilton WR 2.2/g · 3% of plays

OSU

Red zone punchers

Bo Jackson RB 51 opps · 7 TD
Jeremiah Smith WR 18 opps · 9 TD
Julian Sayin QB 13 opps · 0 TD

The workload

Bo Jackson RB 15.2/g · 22% of plays
Jeremiah Smith WR 6.9/g · 10% of plays
Devin McCuin WR 5.6/g · 7% of plays