Early betting odds for Michigan vs. Ohio State 2025 "The Game" football matchup released one day after the Buckeyes' National Championship

Ohio State opens as a 4.5-point favorite for its 2025 season opener against Texas and an 8.5-point favorite against Michigan for next season’s rivalry game.

The Texas Longhorns will have the opportunity for a rematch against a Buckeyes team that cut their national championship journey short come Aug. 30.

If you want to be there, tickets are available for all of Ohio State’s 2025 regular season home games at Columbus’ Ohio Stadium including their Aug. 30 season opener against Texas (who they beat in the Cotton Bowl this year) and matchup with Penn State on Nov. 1.

The Ohio State Buckeyes won their first national championship since the 2014 season, beating Notre Dame 34-23. With that, they get to celebrate and put out a new round of merchandise to sell to fans of the team. That includes a t-shirt listing the schedule and results from the season.

The Buckeyes are celebrating a national championship today, and go figure, it was a demoralizing loss to their hated rival to the north that was the turning point.

The 2024 college football season is behind us after Ohio State got by Notre Dame in the national title game on Monday night. The Buckeyes, at one time, appeared

Of all the unholy alliances, Michigan fans rooting for Notre Dame is one that violates every cardinal rule of college football.

In one of college football’s great reversals of fortune, Ohio State shook off that dreadful loss to their archrivals and took advantage of the second chance the sport’s newly expanded playoff provided.

Michigan running backs coach Tony Alford had to watch his former team win a national championship last night. Then he saw one of his top 2026 running back prospects, Savion Hiter, take to "X" and congratulate those Buckeyes on their victory.

Crossing over in one of the biggest rivalries in sports is rare, though not unprecedented. Justin Boren, an offensive lineman, played two seasons at Michigan before transferring to Ohio State, finishing his career there in 2010. Michigan has a men’s basketball player this season, Roddy Gayle Jr., who played the previous two seasons at Ohio State.