COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) \u2014 If Ohio State and Texas aren’t careful, people might think there’s a little rivalry brewing between the powerhouse programs.<\/p>\n
The Buckeyes will go for their third straight win over the Longhorns on Saturday at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n
Each team boasts tremendous history, national championship aspirations and a quarterback-receiver duo that everyone will be watching Saturday under the hot, Texas sun.<\/p>\n
They say comparison is the thief of joy. We call it getting ready for college football’s best game of the weekend. Here’s your tale of the tape:<\/p>\n
National championships
Ohio State: Nine
Texas: Four<\/p>\n
Most recent national championship
Ohio State: 2024
Texas: 2005<\/p>\n
Conference championships
Ohio State: 41
Texas: 33<\/p>\n
Heisman Trophy winners
Ohio State: Seven
Texas: Two<\/p>\n
Heisman candidates this year
Ohio State: QB Julian Sayin, WR Jeremiah Smith, RB Bo Jackson
Texas: QB Arch Manning, WR Cam Coleman<\/p>\n
Most recent Heisman winner
Ohio State: QB Troy Smith, 2006
Texas: RB Ricky Williams, 1998<\/p>\n
Head-to-head history
Ohio State leads the series, 3-2<\/p>\n
Last meeting
Ohio State won in Columbus in the season opener last year, 14-7<\/p>\n
Last regular-season meeting in Texas
Ohio State won the rematch in a home-and-home series in 2006, 24-7<\/p>\n
Last time Texas won
The Longhorns defeated OSU, 24-21, in the Fiesta Bowl following the 2008 season<\/p>\n
All-time wins
Ohio State: 991 (No. 2 all time)
Texas: 974 (T-No. 4 all time)<\/p>\n
Most famous fan
Ohio State: LeBron James
Texas: Matthew McConaughey<\/p>\n
On current NFL rosters
Ohio State: 58
Texas: 41<\/p>\n
Odds to win this year’s national championship
Ohio State: +550 (No. 1 on DraftKings)
Texas: +650 (No. 3)<\/p>\n
Saturday’s wagering notes
Texas is a 1.5-point favorite with the over-under at 49.5 (DraftKings)<\/p>\n
What a win would mean for each team
Ohio State: Winning the first tough test, and on the road, will give the Buckeyes confidence heading into the program’s most difficult schedule in recent memory.
Texas: The Longhorns likely would take over the No. 1 spot and would become the hunted, not the hunter.<\/p>\n
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on ABC 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) \u2014 If Ohio State and Texas aren’t careful, people might think there’s a little rivalry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-432067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}