Following its longest layoff of the season, Ohio State resumes Big Ten play with a road game against Rutgers.
The Buckeyes are 9-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten. Most recently, they took down Grambling State 89-63 on Dec. 23 in their final game against a mid-major team this season. The Scarlet Knights are 7-6 overall and 0-2 in league play and defeated Delaware State 65-50 on Dec. 29.
Three of Ohio State’s next four are on the road. The Buckeyes will host Nebraska on Jan. 5.
Here’s how you can watch Ohio State play Rutgers at Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey:
Buy Ohio State vs. Rutgers men’s basketball tickets
- TV Channel: none
- Livestream: Peacock
- Radio: WBNS-FM (97.1)
The Buckeyes’ 13th game of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season will stream nationally on Peacock. Ed Cohen and former Ohio State player Evan Turner will call the game from Jersey Mike’s Arena. Streaming options for the game are limited exclusively to Peacock.
- Date:Â Friday, Jan. 2
- Start time:Â 8 p.m. ET
The Ohio State vs Rutgers game starts at 8 p.m. from Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Jan. 2
Spread: Ohio State by 9.5
Over/under: 149.5
Moneyline: Ohio State (-475) | Rutgers (+360)
Ohio State men’s basketball schedule
- Oct. 26 – Ohio University (exhibition) W, 103-74 (takeaways)
- Nov. 3 – IU Indy, W 118-102 (takeaways)
- Nov. 7 – Purdue Fort Wayne W 94-68 (takeaways)
- Nov. 11 – Appalachian State, W 75-53 (takeaways)
- Nov. 16 – Notre Dame W, 64-63 (takeaways)
- Nov. 20 – Western Michigan W, 91-58 (takeaways)
- Nov. 25 – Mount St. Mary’s W, 113-60 (takeaways)
- Nov. 28 – at Pitt L, 67-66 (takeaways)
- Dec. 6 – at Northwestern W, 86-82 (takeaways)
- Dec. 9 – Illinois L, 88-80 (takeaways)
- Dec. 13 – vs. West Virginia (Cleveland Hoops Showdown, Cleveland) W, 89-88, 2OT (takeaways)
- Dec. 20 – vs. North Carolina (CBS Sports Classic, Atlanta) L, 71-70 (takeaways)
- Dec. 23 – Grambling State W, 89-63 (takeaways)
- Jan. 2 – at Rutgers
- Jan. 5 – Nebraska
- Jan. 8 – at Oregon
- Jan. 11 – at Washington
- Jan. 17 – UCLA
- Jan. 20 – Minnesota
- Jan. 23 – at Michigan
- Jan. 26 – Penn State
- Jan. 31 – at Wisconsin
- Feb. 5 – at Maryland
- Feb. 8 – Michigan
- Feb. 11 – USC
- Feb. 14 – vs. Virginia (Nashville Hoops Showdown, Nashville)
- Feb. 17 – Wisconsin
- Feb. 22 – at Michigan State
- Feb. 25 – at Iowa
- March 1 – Purdue
- March 4 – at Penn State
- March 7 – Indiana
Ohio State men’s basketball beat writer Adam Jardy can be reached at ajardy@dispatch.com, on Bluesky at @cdadamjardy.bsky.social or on Twitter at @AdamJardy.
