No. 3 Ohio St tries to avoid a letdown against Arkansas St

By The Associated Press

After an emotional, come-from-behind win over Notre Dame last week, No. 3 Ohio State welcomes six-touchdown underdog Arkansas State. The Buckeyes ground out a 24-10 nail-biter against the then-No. 5 Irish. Arkansas State, from the Sunbelt Conference, is feeling good after swamping Grambling State 58-3 in the opener. Expect Buckeyes coach Ryan Day to start pulling out his regulars around halftime. Second-year Arkansas State coach Butch Jones isn’t a stranger to big-time college football. He previously held head coaching jobs at Central Michigan, Cincinnati and Tennessee, and worked under Nick Saban at Alabama in 2018-20.