By Tyler Bennett | FS360 AI editorial desk
Ohio State travels to Los Angeles to face USC on Saturday, October 31, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. The Buckeyes enter 6–1 overall and unbeaten in four Big Ten games, carrying a five-game winning streak into the road assignment.
Their most recent game was a 19–15 victory at Indiana on October 17. Ohio State did not play the following weekend, leaving the USC trip as its first game since that close conference result.
Road game opens the final stretch
The Buckeyes’ only defeat came at Texas, 24–23, on September 12. Since then, victories over Kent State, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland and Indiana have kept their season moving forward.
USC begins a closing sequence that also includes Oregon, Northwestern, Nebraska and Michigan. The remaining schedule leaves Ohio State with repeated opportunities to strengthen its conference position, but also little reason to look beyond the next opponent.
The contrast with the Indiana game is useful. Ohio State has already shown it can advance through a tight finish rather than needing every win to resemble an early-season scoring margin.
Saturday will test whether the Buckeyes can maintain that consistency away from Columbus. Their unbeaten conference record is the position they bring into the game; protecting it requires another result on the field.
