Ohio State and the rest of the teams in the Big Ten will play a nine-game conference schedule for the eighth straight year in 2023.
That’s all Ryan Day has ever known since entering the scarlet and gray program in 2017. In fact, the nine-game regular-season slate of in-league opponents went into effect in the Big Ten the year prior. The Big 12 began playing nine conference games in 2011, and the Pac-12 – then still the Pac-10 – did so all the way back in 2006.
The SEC, however, still isn’t quite there. While many thought the conference could (or should) add another league game to its schedule for the past two offseasons, the SEC is sticking with eight games through at least 2024 – the first year Texas and Oklahoma will be a part of the conference, as well as the first year of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff.