Rivalry leaderboard
The Game Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 90/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 120
- Series record
- Michigan 62-52-6 Ohio State
- Tracked years
- 1897-2024
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
25 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 2016Week 132OT
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 27, Ohio State 30
Winner: Ohio State
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 3-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 11/15
90
Game score
Highlight · 2016 Ohio State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2006Week 12
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 39, Ohio State 42
Winner: Ohio State
No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 1 Ohio State · 3-point margin
Ranking 49/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
81
Game score
Full Game · 2006 Ohio State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1973Week 13
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 10, Ohio State 10
Result: Tie
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 3 Ohio State · 0-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
80
Game score
- 1974Week 12
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 10, Ohio State 12
Winner: Ohio State
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 4 Ohio State · 2-point margin
Ranking 45/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
78
Game score
- 2023Week 13
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 24, Michigan 30
Winner: Michigan
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Michigan · 6-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
76
Game score
Highlight · 2023 Michigan vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1997Week 14
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 14, Michigan 20
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 1 Michigan · 6-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
76
Game score
- 1975Week 12
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 21, Michigan 14
Winner: Ohio State
No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Michigan · 7-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
75
Game score
- 1972Week 12
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 11, Ohio State 14
Winner: Ohio State
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 9 Ohio State · 3-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
- 1986Week 13
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 26, Ohio State 24
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 11 Ohio State · 2-point margin
Ranking 37/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
70
Game score
- 2002Week 14
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 9, Ohio State 14
Winner: Ohio State
No. 12 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 5-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
68
Game score
- 1970Week 13
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 9, Ohio State 20
Winner: Ohio State
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 11-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1977Week 12
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 6, Michigan 14
Winner: Michigan
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Michigan · 8-point margin
Ranking 40/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1979Week 12
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 18, Michigan 15
Winner: Ohio State
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 16 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
66
Game score
- 2021Week 13
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 27, Michigan 42
Winner: Michigan
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Michigan · 15-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
Highlight · 2021 Michigan vs. Ohio State (Regular Season Full Game)
- 2003Week 14
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 21, Michigan 35
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Michigan · 14-point margin
Ranking 43/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1969Week 11
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 12, Michigan 24
Winner: Michigan
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Michigan · 12-point margin
Ranking 41/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1992Week 13
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 13, Michigan 13
Result: Tie
No. 17 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Michigan · 0-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
64
Game score
- 1980Week 13
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 9, Ohio State 3
Winner: Michigan
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 11 Ohio State · 6-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 1983Week 13
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 21, Michigan 24
Winner: Michigan
No. 14 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Michigan · 3-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 2022Week 13
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 45, Ohio State 23
Winner: Michigan
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 22-point margin
Ranking 47/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
Highlight · 2022 Ohio State vs. Michigan (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1954Week 10
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 7, Ohio State 21
Winner: Ohio State
No. 12 Michigan vs. No. 1 Ohio State · 14-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 1996Week 14
Michigan at Ohio State
Michigan 13, Ohio State 9
Winner: Michigan
No. 21 Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State · 4-point margin
Ranking 29/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
60
Game score
- 1985Week 13
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 17, Michigan 27
Winner: Michigan
No. 12 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Michigan · 10-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1995Week 14
Ohio State at Michigan
Ohio State 23, Michigan 31
Winner: Michigan
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 18 Michigan · 8-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.