Ohio state vs Michigan

 

Michigan Wolverines Ohio State Buckeyes
Sport(s)	Football
Total meetings	108
Series record	Michigan leads, 58-44-6[n 1]
First meeting	October 17, 1897
	Michigan 34, Ohio State 0
Last meeting	November 24, 2012
	Ohio State 26, Michigan 21
Next meeting	November 30, 2013
Largest win	Michigan, 86–0 (1902)
Longest win streak	Michigan, 9 (1901–09)
Current win streak	Ohio State, 1 (2012–present)
Trophy	None

The Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, known as The Game^[6][7][8] by some followers, is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Wolverines of the University of Michigan and the Buckeyes of The Ohio State University. It has attracted particular national interest over the last four decades as most of the games have determined the Big Ten Conference title and the resulting Rose Bowl match ups, and many have influenced the outcome of the national college football championship. The game was ranked by ESPN in 2000 as the greatest North American sports rivalry.^[9]
The annual match up between the two Midwest state schools has been held at the end of the regular season since 1935 (with exceptions in 1942, 1986, and 1998). Since 1918, the game's site has alternated between Columbus, Ohio, and Ann Arbor, Michigan (Michigan hosts it in odd years and Ohio State in even years), and has been played in Ohio Stadium since 1922 and Michigan Stadium since 1927. Through 2010, Ohio State and Michigan have decided the Big Ten Conference championship between themselves on 22 different occasions, and have affected the determination of the conference title an additional 27 times.^[10]
Following the Big Ten's addition of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, effective beginning in the 2011 football season, the conference has been split into two six-team divisions. Big Ten officials placed Ohio State and Michigan in separate divisions, but the Michigan–Ohio State rivalry continues to take place at the end of the regular season every year. Conceivably, the teams could thereafter meet again the following week in the Big Ten Football Championship Game.