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The Ohio State secondary has to be the biggest surprise of the team through two games. Gone are Vonn Bell, Eli Apple and Tyvis Powell but the play of guys like Malik Hooker and Marshon Lattimore along with returning starter Gareon Conley have been playing at a very high level. The Buckeyes have seven interceptions on the season so far with a four-pick game against Tulsa and Dane Evans. All of that is great up until the time that the game starts however, it will be the on the secondary to go against an offense that seems to thrive on broken plays. Not only will the Buckeyes have to deal with a talented QB-WR group but both running backs are more than capable of coming out of the backfield and catching passes on deep routes, not just a short toss in the flat or an infrequent wheel route. The Buckeyes will not go against an offense like this for the remainder of the Big Ten season, there is just not another team on Ohio State's schedule with this kind of offense.

It would be easy to start and end this section only talking about Baker Mayfield. He is one of the best quarterbacks in the nation and has been mentioned by name by pretty much every single person involved with the Ohio State defensive effort. He is not physically imposing at 6-foot-1, 210-pounds but he plays much larger than that with a run/pass game that can single-handedly take over contests. But Mayfield does not do it alone. The Sooners have size at the receiver position with 6-foot-5 receivers Mark Andrews and Jeffrey Mead and 6-foot-3 receiver A.D. Miller. But even with all that height it is Dede Westbrook that has led the way so far with 12 receptions. But when it is crunch time, look to Andrews and his three TD receptions on the year to go with a near 31-yard per reception average.

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The Ohio State secondary is playing some high level football but until they face a test like this, it is still a little bit of an unknown. Mayfield is the X-factor here and it is hard to not give OU the edge based on all of the intangibles going into the game.

Advantage: Oklahoma