By Danielle Daniels

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State, 5-0 and 2-0 in the Big Ten East, returns to Ross-Ade Stadium, where it has only a .590 winning pct. (13 wins; 9 losses), for a noon game Saturday against the Purdue Boilermakers (2-4 and 1-1 in the Big Ten West).

First and Ten

• The game will be streamed exclusively on NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service.
• Since the 2000 season, Ohio State is just 3-5 at Ross-Ade, including an upsetting, 49-20, loss in its last visit, in 2018, that was the only blemish on a 13-1 season that included a Big Ten championship game win over Northwestern and a Rose Bowl win over Washington.
• The initial CFP Playoff poll debuted 10 days after the 2018 Purdue loss. Ohio State was 10th and could only climb to sixth in the poll and missed the playoffs in Urban Meyer’s final season.
• Ohio State has since been to three of the last four CFP Playoffs under Ryan Day, the only team in the country to do so.
• Day’s teams are 33-0 vs. unranked opponents with his program’s six losses to teams ranked Nos. 3, 1, 12, 5, 3 and 1, respectively.
• Day’s teams were the 2019 and 2020 Big Ten champions and are 33-2 vs. Big Ten competition.

Team Defense

• Ohio State is eighth nationally in total defense allowing 264.8 yards per game. Penn State and Michigan are also outstanding defensively: ranking Nos. 1 and 3, respectively.
• Ohio State is allowing just 158.4 passing yards per game (6th nationally) and just 10.2 points (3rd).

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