Ohio State may be lining up a first look at its new Scarlet Rush uniforms for a marquee home game against Oregon.
The Buckeyes announced Monday that their Nov. 7 matchup with the Ducks will be a Scarlet the Shoe game, which could mean Ohio State rolls out its all-scarlet look against college football’s uniform king. The game is set for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Ohio Stadium and will air on CBS.
Ohio State introduced the Scarlet Rush uniforms in May as part of its updated 2026 uniform collection. The program now has five combinations built around the Buckeye Stripes: its standard home and road sets, the all-black Tunnel Vision alternates, the all-white Sub Zero alternates and the all-scarlet Scarlet Rush option.
So far this season, the Buckeyes have only used one alternate look. They broke out the Sub Zero uniforms in a 31-14 win at Iowa on Oct. 3.
The school has not yet said which uniform it will actually wear against Oregon. But in a preseason release, Ohio State laid out how its fan-dress requests will work this year:
Beyond the “Helmet Stripe” concept detailed above for Ohio State’s game vs. Kent State on Sept. 19, fans will be asked to match the team’s uniform look on two other occasions during the 2026 season, creating a unified gameday atmosphere inside Ohio Stadium. When the Buckeyes wear their “Tunnel Vision” combinations, fans will be encouraged to wear black, while the “Scarlet Rush” games will call for a full scarlet-out across the Horseshoe.
Ohio State usually reveals its uniform choice on the Friday before a game, so the confirmation could come Nov. 6.
This will be the fourth straight year the Buckeyes have asked fans to Scarlet the Shoe for a game. They did it against Texas in 2025, Nebraska in 2024 and Penn State in 2023, though Ohio State wore its traditional home uniforms in each of those games.
The Oregon game is one of three home dates left on Ohio State’s regular-season slate. The Buckeyes also host Northwestern on Nov. 14 and Michigan on Nov.
- Before that, they travel to USC this Saturday and Nebraska on Nov.
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