Ohio State has faced Illinois (in 103 games) more than any other team outside of Michigan (119), but this will be the first time Ryan Day has faced the Fighting Illini as the Buckeyes head coach. The teams last met in 2017, when Ohio State won at home 52-14.

The Illinois Fighting Illini lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Week 7 college football game. Here is a recap and highlights.

Julian Sayin passed for two touchdowns, C.J. Donaldson ran for two scores, and the Ohio State defense forced three turnovers that resulted in 21 points as the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes defeated No. 17 Illinois 34-16.

The excitement of college football's top-ranked team, FOX's "Big Noon Kickoff" and national attention all coming to Champaign on Saturday was quelled – and pretty quickly – when No. 17 Illinois fell behind No. 1 Ohio State and got dragged to the finish of a 34-16 loss.

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Ohio State beat Illinois 34-16 on Saturday despite modest offensive output, as it capitalized on three turnovers. Here's what we learned.

Outside of Ohio State and Indiana, no team in the Big Ten has a longer active winning streak than the Wildcats. They won a low-scoring 19-0 game against Purdue. A win is a win and Northwestern has four of them in a row.

Ohio State might be playing better this year than it did when it won the national championship last season. But Robert Griffin thinks there's a better team in college football.