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
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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.
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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.