The Buckeyes are 21 point favorites according to Bovada in their first game since losing against the Purdue Boilermakers last week.
The Cornhuskers entered the season with high hopes for first-year coach Scott Frost and freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez, but got off to a rough start. But Nebraska comes to Columbus riding a two-game winning streak, while Ohio State has faced an existential crisis during its bye week.
Defensive lapses and a failure to run the ball effectively have haunted OSU all year, and questions surround the program to the extent that one sports book placed 5 / 4 odds that Urban Meyer would be around to coach next season.