Ohio State finalizes 2015 schedule, which includes games against Virginia Tech and Hawaii
By
Zack Meisel, Northeast Ohio Media Group
October 10, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Buckeyes will be working hard on Labor Day in 2015.
Ohio State finalized its 2015 football schedule, which will include a season-opening, nationally televised tilt at Virginia Tech on Monday, Sept. 7.
Following the affair in Blacksburg, Va., the Buckeyes will host Hawaii, Northern Illinois and Western Michigan before commencing conference play.
Ohio State will open its Big Ten slate at Indiana, with home games against Maryland and Penn State to follow. Then, the Buckeyes will play at Rutgers before a bye week, a home matchup with Minnesota and a road trip to Champaign, Ill., to face the Illini. Ohio State will wrap up the conference schedule with a home game against Michigan State and an away contest against Michigan.
Ohio State's 2015 schedule:
Sept. 7 – at Virginia Tech
Sept. 12 – Hawaii
Sept. 19 – Northern Illinois
Sept. 26 – Western Michigan
Oct. 3 – at Indiana
Oct. 10 – Maryland
Oct. 17 – Penn State
Oct. 24 – at Rutgers
Oct. 31 – Off
Nov. 7 – Minnesota
Nov. 14 – at Illinois
Nov. 21 – Michigan State
Nov. 28 – at Michigan
Dec. 5 – Big Ten Championship Game
Ohio State's 2014 schedule:
Aug. 30 – Navy
Sept. 6 – Off
Sept. 13 – Kent State
Sept. 20 – Virginia Tech
Sept. 27 – Cincinnati
Oct. 4 – at Maryland
Oct. 11 – Off
Oct. 18 – Rutgers
Oct. 25 – at Penn State
Nov. 1 – Illinois
Nov. 8 – at Michigan State
Nov. 15 – at Minnesota
Nov. 22 – Indiana
Nov. 29 – Michigan
Dec. 6 – Big Ten Championship Game
Ohio State also announced that its game against Cincinnati, originally scheduled for Sept. 8, 2018, has been switched to Sept. 7, 2019. The game will be played at Ohio Stadium.