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Ohio State Football: Ranking 2022 opponents by toughness

By Connor Muldowney

Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day prepares to lead his team on the field during the NCAA football game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Ohio State won 54-7.Ohio State Buckeyes At Indiana Hoosiers
Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day prepares to lead his team on the field during the NCAA football game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Ohio State won 54-7.Ohio State Buckeyes At Indiana Hoosiers /
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Northwestern Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald talks to Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day prior to the Big Ten Championship football game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.Big Ten Championship Ohio State Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald talks to Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day prior to the Big Ten Championship football game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.Big Ten Championship Ohio State Northwestern /

It’s hard to believe that Northwestern represented the Big Ten West in the conference title game a couple of years ago and it’s even harder to believe that the Wildcats nearly upended Ohio State.

Was that season a fluke? Maybe, because the Wildcats went just 3-9 in 2021. But if I know anything about Pat Fitzgerald, it’s that he followed up three-win seasons with 9-10 win seasons almost regularly. Consistency is just not something Northwestern knows all too well.

But with this being a road game (Evanston will probably still be all scarlet and gray), this could be a hangover following Iowa and Penn State matchups in the previous two weeks. Ohio State should still win easily.

Everyone likes to hype Maryland up every preseason and it usually lasts for a few weeks into the regular season until the Terrapins come back down to earth in conference play.

I refuse to hype the Terrapins up.

Maryland won’t be that tough of a matchup for Ohio State although Taulia Tagovailoa is going to be one of the league’s best quarterbacks again. He’ll be able to put some points on the board for the Buckeyes here, but it’ll still be a three-touchdown game.

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