Ohio State faces its second true matchup game of the season when it travels northeast this weekend to play Penn State in a showdown of top-four teams.
The Buckeyes lost the first time they played a team with truly comparable talent this season, suffering a 32-31 defeat at Oregon. Ohio State came dangerously close to being upset by a team with decidedly less talent last week, when the Buckeyes trailed in the fourth quarter before pulling out a 21-17 win, so Ohio State will need to play better on Saturday than it did in either of those two games to earn a victory in Happy Valley.