Big Ten Championship ·

Big Ten Championship

Big Ten Championship
No. 2 Indiana13-013
No. 1 Ohio State12-110Final
Sat, Dec 6 · Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. (neutral site) · Crowd 68,214 · IndoorsFOX

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

No. 2 Indiana beat No. 1 Ohio State by 3 points, the Big Ten Championship.

It was played at a neutral site: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN.

How the game turned

Indiana aheadOhio State aheadBiggest swing

Q1 1:41 Indiana 3, Ohio State 0

Indiana 25% to win

Mendoza intercepted by Igbinosun

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 8:57 · Indiana 0, Ohio State 0Indiana's win chance rose from 25% to 43%.Sayin intercepted by Moore, returned 12 yards
  2. 2Q1 6:51 · Indiana 3, Ohio State 0Radicic 29-yd field goal, Indiana goes ahead 3-0
  3. 3Q1 1:41 · Indiana 3, Ohio State 0Indiana's win chance fell from 47% to 25%.Mendoza intercepted by Igbinosun
  4. 4Q1 0:46 · Indiana 3, Ohio State 7Indiana's win chance fell from 29% to 13%.Sayin 9-yd TD pass to Tate, Ohio State goes ahead 7-3
  5. 5Q3 8:02 · Indiana 13, Ohio State 10Indiana's win chance rose from 26% to 44%.Mendoza 17-yd TD pass to Sarratt, Indiana goes ahead 13-10

Indiana's lowest chance to win was 9 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 1:41 left in the 1st quarter, Ohio State's chance to win went from 53 percent to 75 percent on an interception.

The score stayed Indiana 3, Ohio State 0.

The play: Mendoza intercepted by Igbinosun.

What happened next

  1. Ohio State's next game: L 14-24 vs Miami in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Dec 31

    25 days later
  2. Indiana's next game: W 38-3 vs Alabama in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl, Jan 1

    26 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Dec 6, 2025: Ohio State 19, Indiana 15, Oct 17, 2026

    about 10 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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