Time and Date: Saturday, September 4 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Network: ESPN+
Location: Nippert Stadium — Cincinnati, OH
Spread: Cincinnati (-23)
ESPN FPI: Cincinnati has 90.3% chance to win
All-time series: Miami (OH) leads, 59-58-7
Current streak: Cincinnati has won 14 straight (2006-19)
Setting the scene
The battle for the Victory Bell is college football’s longest standing non-conference rivalry, dating back to 1888. Save for the 2020 pandemic season when the Mid-American Conference contracted all of its non-conference games, these Southwest Ohio schools have battled it out on the gridiron ever year since 1945.