With less than two months remaining until the 2018 season kicks off, it's no longer premature to spend summer days looking ahead to the fall.
While Ohio State is expected to play a big role in the national title picture yet again, this year's schedule contains a number of new and unique challenges. Some of the names below may be expected while others may be a surprise, but this is not a list of the Buckeyes’ biggest challenges overall, given their advantage in overall talent.
As the Iowa game showed last year, however, showing up unprepared can quickly negate that edge.