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The University of Dayton (Ohio) Flyers are Division I in basketball, and Division III in football.
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Mount Union is a Division 3 team that plays in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
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Both are Division 1A schools. Virginia Tech plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Ohio State plays in the Big Ten Conference.
Regarding their NCAA classification, they play in Division I-FBS. (Formerly called "Division 1A".) Regarding their conference affiliation, they play in the Big Ten Conference, in the "Leaders" division.
In football, there are 2 Division 1-AA schools in Ohio (Dayton in Dayton and Youngstown State in Youngstown) and none in Michigan.
1-A: Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Ohio State, Toledo 1-AA: Dayton, Youngstown State
No, Ohio State and Rutgers have never met in college football. The first meeting between the two teams will take place in 2014 as they will both be members of the Big Ten's East Division.
The major functional region for Ohio is the Bluegrass region. There is also the military region which is considered to functional in Ohio.
Ohio has eight college football teams in three leagues. In Division I-A there are the Ohio State Buckeyes. University of Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Miami University, Ohio University and the University of Toledo play in the Mid-American Conference and the University of Cincinnati Bearcats play in the American Athletic Conference.