Ohio State fans were furious with the number of noon games their beloved Buckeyes had to play last season. They aren\u2019t going to like the way the 2025 college football season starts, either.<\/p>\n
After finishing the 2024 regular season with six consecutive noon games, defending national champion Ohio State will open the 2025 season against the Texas Longhorns at Big Noon on Fox.<\/p>\n
Week 1\ufe0f\u20e3 & Week 1\ufe0f\u20e34\ufe0f\u20e3 on @CFBONFOX<\/a> \ud83d\udcfa pic.twitter.com\/2vEfHknCJT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The game will be a rematch of OSU\u2019s 28-14 win over Texas in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton Bowl. Fox also announced that Ohio State vs. Michigan will be broadcast on Fox, which means a noon start.<\/p>\n Eleven Warriors noted<\/a> that when Fox Sports originally announced it would broadcast OSU vs. Texas, an article on their site stated it would be a Big Noon contest, but that was later removed.<\/p>\n Buckeyes fans were very vocal in their displeasure<\/a> with the glut on noon game times during last season. Their concerns prompted Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork to say that the school would discuss it with Fox during the offseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s an offseason conversation, honestly, but here\u2019s what I\u2019ll say: Fox has the first pick. We\u2019re the biggest brand within the Big Ten,\u201d Bjork told Eleven Warriors<\/a> in November. \u201cWe have the most fans who watch our games. The ratings are really high, and I\u2019ll just kind of leave it at that, but that\u2019s really an offseason conversation\u201d<\/p>\n As Bjorks noted, the problem for OSU fans (and fans of other Big Ten schools) is that the ratings for Big Noon are good enough<\/a> to justify Fox Sports ignoring their concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n Even though Ohio State vs. Texas is the kind of game that deserves a primetime audience, Fox remains fully invested in owning the noon window, and there\u2019s no better way to do it than with a game like this.<\/p>\n \t