No. 3 Ohio State opened the 2022 Big Ten portion of the season with relative ease on Saturday night. The Buckeyes handed the Badgers a 52-21 win in both teams' first conference game of the year, wracking up 539 yards of total offense while holding the visitors to Ohio Stadium to just 296 yards.

If the Scarlet and Gray weren't considered the Big Ten favorite heading into the weekend, they certainly are coming out of it. But this is just the start and Ohio State will have to prove itself week in and week out through the end of November.

Next up is the final of five straight home games when Rutgers comes to Ohio Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The next week is the first road trip of the year for the Buckeyes, who head to East Lansing to take on Michigan State.

On Monday, the Big Ten released its complete schedule for Week 6. The Scarlet and Gray and the Spartans will kick off at 4 p.m. ET on ABC at Spartan Stadium on Oct. 8.

Ohio State and Michigan State have met 50 times in the history of the two programs. Over that stretch, the Buckeyes have dominated the series, owning a 35-15 mark against the other team from the state up north.

The first meeting between the two teams came in 1912, a 35-20 win for John Macklin's Spartans over John Richard's Scarlet and Gray in Columbus. In fact, the Green and White won the first three meetings between the two programs before Woody Hayes' Ohio State finally got a victory, 30-24, against Biggie Munn's Michigan State in 1959. It wasn't until 1960 that the Buckeyes finally made a trip to East Lansing, coming home with a 20-10 win.

Although there was a stretch under head coach Mark Dantonio where the Spartans won three out of six games against the Scarlet and Gray last decade, the more recent contests have all gone the way of Ohio State. The Buckeyes have won six straight in the series dating back to 2016, including winning the last four games by an average margin of 35.6 points.

Following the trip to East Lansing, the Scarlet and Gray will have their off week before a six-game stretch to end the 2022 regular season. The only game of those six that has a kick off time is the regular season finale against rivals Michigan.

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2022 Ohio State Football Schedule (Kickoff times/TV TBA unless otherwise noted)

Saturday, Sept. 3: Ohio State 21, Notre Dame 10

Saturday, Sept. 10: Ohio State 45, Arkansas State 12

Saturday, Sept. 17: Ohio State 77, Toledo 21

Saturday, Sept. 24: Wisconsin (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

Saturday, Oct. 1: Rutgers (3:30 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network)

Saturday, Oct. 8: at Michigan State (4 p.m. ET; ABC)

OFF WEEK

Saturday, Oct. 22: Iowa

Saturday, Oct. 29: at Penn State

Saturday, Nov. 5: at Northwestern

Saturday, Nov. 12: Indiana

Saturday, Nov. 19: at Maryland

Saturday, Nov. 26: Michigan (12 p.m. ET, FOX)

Saturday, Dec. 3: Big Ten Championship Game (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN)