Ohio State football: 5 reasons 2018 Buckeyes will be better than Michigan

Ohio State football: 5 reasons Buckeyes will be better than Michigan in 2018

ANN ARBOR, MI - NOVEMBER 25: Urban Meyer head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Jim Harbaugh head coach of the Michigan Wolverines shake hands after the game. Ohio State won 31 to 20 on November 25, 2017 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

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1. Home-field advantage for the Buckeyes

Ohio State should win The Game again this season, and home-field advantage this season should help their chances. Playing at home makes a major difference for both Michigan and Ohio State, who both play in stadiums that seat over 100,000 people.

In the last three seasons, Ohio State has only last at Ohio Stadium twice. In 2015, the Buckeyes lost to Michigan State at home. In 2017, they lost to Oklahoma at home when Baker Mayfield planted an Oklahoma flag in the middle of the field.

Other than losses to Ohio State in 2015 and 2017 at home, Michigan has only lost two other home games in the last three seasons, and they were both against Michigan State.

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Both of these teams have very good records at home, and home-field advantage, among other things, should give Ohio State the advantage over Michigan and help them win The Game for the seventh consecutive season.

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