Ohio State vs Texas Prediction & Picks: College Football Week 2

Ohio State heads to Austin as a rare road underdog, with Texas laying just 1.5 and the total sitting at 48.5. It is the marquee game of the Week 2 board, and the guys broke it all down on the College Football Picks Week 2 show.

Ohio State vs Texas Odds

Texas is favored at -1.5 with the total set at 48.5. On the show the guys had Texas at -118 on the moneyline, so this one is priced about as close to a coin flip as a marquee game gets.

Our Picks

This was a clean sweep. Sean Green (@SeanTGreen), Ryan Kramer (@KramerCentric), and Colby Dant (@thecolbyd) all took Ohio State +1.5, and every one of them called it a smash spot.

The through line was trust. They lean on Ohio State more than Texas right now, and they figure the Buckeye defense travels. On the show they kept coming back to Arch Manning still needing to prove it against an elite front, pointing out that a lot of his progress so far has come with his legs. They also liked catching Ohio State as a dog at all, the kind of price you only see once a season, and noted that Ryan Day sits around 2-3 against the spread as an underdog. Texas being without running back Derrick Cooper got a mention, and Steve Sarkisian’s shaky history against top-10 teams came up as one more reason to think twice about laying points with Texas here.