Tag: Ohio State Football Betting

Ohio State projected to be slimmest favorite of home first-round teams

The odds are up for the first-round College Football Playoff games, and Ohio State football is the slimmest favorite.

Ohio State football was on a crash course for the Big Ten Championship and then, even if it lost, the No. 5 seed in the College Football Playoff. Well, that last week loss to Michigan dropped the Buckeyes No. 8.

They will have a much more difficult route to reach the CFP National Championship, and to start, they will have to run through the Tennessee Volunteers, one of the best teams in the SEC.

The Vols should give Ohio State a run for its money, and the sportsbooks think that as well. The Buckeyes opened up as the slimmest first-round favorite.

Every home side is favored, which certainly is no surprise. Tennessee is the highest-ranked side of the underdogs, so it should, in theory, have the smallest spread.

That said, the Buckeyes went 4-4 against the spread at Ohio Stadium throughout the season. They didn’t close a single game at home as a single-digit favorite, so this caliber of opponent has yet to come to Columbus this season.

Ohio State football player prop bets for Purdue game

Player prop bets for the Ohio State vs. Purdue game on Saturday.

Ohio State football is back in action on Saturday at noon as the Buckeyes travel to West Lafayette to take on the Purdue Boilermakers.

For anyone interested in putting a few bucks on the game there are many different ways to bet the game with our friends over at FanDuel sportsbook.

The popular sportsbook recently released betting lines for the game including spread, moneyline, total, as well as many different player props that are available to be bet.

Before going into what is available to be bet, I’d like to provide a quick explanation of betting lines for anybody who is unfamiliar.

All odds are either plus (+) or minus (-). Plus (+) odds are used to show how much money your bet will win if you win 100 dollars.  For example, if the bet has +145 odds a $100 bet will win $145 or a $10 will win $14.50.  Minus (-) odds are used to show how much money you need to wager in order to win $100.  For example, if the bet has -125 odds a $125 bet will win $100 or a $12.50 bet will win $10.

Here’s what you can get some action on for Saturday.

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