ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It didn’t take long for Olu Oluwatimi, Michigan’s starting center who transferred from Virginia in the offseason as a graduate student, to understand the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry.
Michigan, No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday at 11-0, 8-0 Big Ten, will play at Ohio State, the No. 2 team with an identical record, on Saturday at Ohio Stadium. The Wolverines snapped the Buckeyes’ eight-game winning streak last season at Michigan Stadium but have not won at the Horseshoe since 2000.
This will be the first time since 2018 that Michigan has played in Columbus after the Wolverines canceled the 2020 game because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the team. The winner of Saturday’s regular-season finale will win the Big Ten East Division title and earn a spot in the Big Ten championship game and likely a berth in the four-team national playoff.
