April 18, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET
The Ohio State football spring game is right here.
After 5 weeks of follow, the Buckeyes will play at Ohio Stadium in entrance of followers in a scrimmage on April 18. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said April 13 the scrimmage will function the offense in opposition to the protection moderately than divide the roster into separate groups, the same format to final 12 months’s game.
In 2025, the Buckeyes’ spring game featured the offense because the Scarlet group and the protection because the Gray group. Using a particular scoring format, Scarlet dealt with Gray in a 50-31 victory. The offense has received the spring game three of the previous 4 years.
The opening sequence between the first-string offense and first-string protection featured “thud” tackling, by which defenders didn’t convey ball carriers to the bottom. Day revealed that “a drive or two” will function thud tackling on this 12 months’s spring game, with full tackling the remainder of the game − besides the quarterbacks, Day added.
How to watch Ohio State football spring game
Date: April 18
Time: 12:30 p.m.
TV: Big Ten Network
Streaming: Fox One, Fubo
The Ohio State spring game shall be accessible to watch on Big Ten Network, which is featured on choose TV and streaming suppliers akin to Fubo. BTN can be accessible on Fox’s direct-to-consumer service Fox One, which begins at $19.99 monthly.
Ohio State football schedule 2026
(All instances TBD)
- Sept. 5: vs. Ball State
- Sept. 12: at Texas
- Sept. 19: vs. Kent State
- Sept. 26: vs. Illinois
- Oct. 3: at Iowa
- Oct. 10: vs. Maryland
- Oct. 17: at Indiana
- Oct. 24: OFF
- Oct. 31: at USC
- Nov. 7: vs. Oregon
- Nov. 14: vs. Northwestern
- Nov. 21: at Nebraska
- Nov. 28: vs. Michigan
