After taking a week off, Ohio State was back in action against an undefeated Maryland team. And if you didn’t watch the game, the CliffsNotes version of events is that the Terrapins are no longer undefeated. The Buckeyes sleepwalked through the first half but found their mojo in the second half and finished the job, winning 37-17.
That wasn’t the only action that was interesting in Week 6. Texas lost to Oklahoma, and Notre Dame — a team that would help OSU if it continued to do well — lost at Louisville and now has a Lord of the Rings journey to make it back into the College Football Playoff picture.
All of those results helped update the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) matchup predictor determine the likelihood of Ohio State winning each of its remaining regular season games for the 2023 season.
To date, the mad-scientist formula that goes into ESPN’s model has favored the Buckeyes to win each game, but the chances for each have fluctuated. So what does it say about OSU’s chances of beating Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State and others after what we saw over the weekend?
Here’s how ESPN sees each game panning out for Ohio State from here through “The Game.”