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#4Ohio State at #5Indiana

Prediction · week 7, 2026 · Sat Oct 17, 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET · Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

The prediction

Our call: Ohio State by 0.2Toss-up

SP+ and Our model favor Ohio State; Elo favors Indiana. The line, shown for comparison only, has Ohio State by 4.0.

The average of SP+, Elo and Our model; the line is left out and kept as a benchmark. Toss-up under 3 points, Lean 3 to 7, Strong 7 and over. More ›

SP+ has Ohio State by 0.3, Elo has Indiana by 4.0, and Our model has Ohio State by 4.3. The furthest apart are 8.3 points from each other.

Every model

ModelSays
SP+
Ohio State +29.5 vs Indiana +26.7
Ohio State by 0.3
Elo
Ohio State 2060 vs Indiana 2098
Indiana by 4.0
Our model · experimental
Ohio State +25.9 vs Indiana +19.1
Ohio State by 4.3
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Ohio State by 4
Our call
average of SP+, Elo and Our model · Toss-up
Ohio State by 0.2

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. How these work ›

Key injuries

Ohio State

No injury report yet for this game. First reports usually come Wednesday.

Indiana

No injury report yet for this game. First reports usually come Wednesday.

Last 5 meetings

Ohio State leads 81–13–5 · last: Indiana 13–10, 2025

SeasonResultSite
2025Indiana 13–10neutral site
2024Ohio State 38–15Ohio Stadium
2023Ohio State 23–3Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
2022Ohio State 56–14Ohio Stadium
2021Ohio State 54–7Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)

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