How much is Ohio State football favored by over undefeated Maryland? College betting lines
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The early betting lines do not give Maryland much credit for being a recent Ohio State football nemesis.
The Buckeyes opened as 19-point favorites on DraftKings for Saturday’s homecoming game. By Sunday afternoon the line had dropped slightly to 18.5 points.
No. 4 Ohio State is 4-0 and is coming off an idle week. Maryland improved to 5-0 with a 44-17 victory over Indiana.
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The Buckeyes won 43-30 at Maryland last season to improve to 8-0 in the series since the Terrapins joined the Big Ten Conference. However, that score is somewhat misleading. Maryland trailed only 36-30 and had the ball with 42 seconds remaining. Zach Harrison’s strip sack of quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, and Steele Chambers’ touchdown recovery, provided the final margin.
Tagovailoa is back and guides an offense averaging 6.81 yards per play — tied for second with Michigan among all Big Ten teams. Ohio State leads with 7.10.
Two of the teams’ last four meetings have come down to the fourth quarter, or later. In 2018, OSU needed overtime to escape with a 52-51 victory.
Ohio State is 5-3 all-time against the spread vs. Maryland, per the Odds Shark database. All eight games went over the over/under point total.
Maryland has beaten the spread in four of its last five games as an underdog of 18 or more points. That included straight-up wins over Minnesota and Penn State in 2020.
Ohio State is 1-2-1 against the spread, while being favored nu 29-plus points in three of four games.
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