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The No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes just pass every test you put in front of them.

The defending champions took care of Texas in Week 1 , crushed a couple of also-rans in the following weeks and then passed a stiff test with a trip to Washington a fortnight ago.

Ohio State showed no ill effects from that cross-country trip in a ho-hum drubbing of Minnesota last weekend.

A trip to Champaign to take on No. 17 Illinois should be viewed as a potential banana skin, but the Buckeyes just don’t seem to trip.

Ohio State is a 14.5-point favorite at Gies Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

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