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Akron at Ohio State Preview & Picks
Akron at Ohio State Preview & Picks
Ohio State are tipped to cover a massive spread in a season-opening victory.
The Buckeyes are the much better team and were a consistent spread selection at home last season.
- Ohio State were 5-1-0 ATS at home last season
- Ohio State beat Akron by 52 points when the teams last met in 2021
- Akron have scored just 9 points in their last 3 meetings with Ohio State
- The Under has cashed in each of the last 3 meetings
Head To Head
- Ohio State lead the all-time series 4-0
- Ohio State won 59-7 when the two teams last met in September 2021
Akron Form
Akron enter the 2024 campaign looking to improve on a 2023 season that saw them win just two games.
The Zips opened up with a defeat in Temple, but rebounded a week later to win their home opener against Morgan State, 24-21.
The level of competition improved after that and they went on to lose six consecutive games, including a dramatic four overtime showdown with Indiana on the road.
Akron finally snapped their skid with a 31-27 win over Kent State on November 1, but that proved to be their last win of the campaign as they signed off with three consecutive defeats.
Ohio State Form
Ohio State come into the new season looking to get back into the College Football Playoffs after a disappointing end to 2023.
The Buckeyes began that campaign as a top-four team and maintained that status by winning 11 consecutive games.
That streak included a dramatic 17-14 victory on the road at Notre Dame and a 20-12 success when they hosted Penn State.
It set up a huge winner-takes-all clash with bitter rivals Michigan in the final week of the regular season, and Ohio State saw their playoff big go up in smoke as they lost 30-24 in Ann Arbor.
The Buckeyes instead had to settle for a Cotton Bowl clash with Missouri and suffered a 14-3 defeat in their final outing of 2023.
Verdict
It is not a matter of ‘will Ohio State win’, it is more a question of how many will they win by?
They are many, many levels above this Akron team and the last time they met the Buckeyes ran riot, so we are expecting a repeat scene here.
They are many, many levels above this Akron team and the last time they met the Buckeyes ran riot, so we are expecting a repeat scene here.
Ohio State -50.0
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