It can finally be said.

Ohio State will, in fact, partake in a Week 4 game this fall.

Before looking ahead to traveling to Maryland on Nov. 14 for that Week 4 game, some history on the week should be treated as a scouting report of sorts.

Week 4 has featured the first Big Ten game of the season for the Buckeyes seven times since 2000, and 2020 will be the eighth.

More often than not Ohio State has played an unranked team, and holds a 19-1 record during the fourth week of the season since the turn of the millennium.

Here are three games from Week 4 since 2000 to look back at: