What the analytics predict for Ohio State vs. Tennessee in this first round College Football Playoff game.
Let’s take a look at the latest prediction for a historic first round College Football Playoff game as Ohio State welcomes Tennessee, from an expert football model that picks winners.
Tennessee plays on the road in the first round after losses to Arkansas and Georgia, but boasts the fourth-ranked total and scoring defense in the country, and is top 10 running the football with 232 yards per game on average.For that, let’s turn to the SP+ prediction model to get a preview for how Ohio State and Tennessee compare in this first round College Football Playoff game.
How good is it this season? So far, the SP+ model is 384-352-9 against the spread with a 52.1 win percentage.Ohio State is a 7.5 point favorite against Tennessee, according to the updated lines posted to FanDuel Sportsbook.And it set the moneyline odds for Ohio State at -265 and for Tennessee at +215 to win outright.That would put you in a pretty strong majority of bettors, most of whom expect the Vols to make this interesting, according to the spread consensus picks for the game.
Ohio State is the favorite in the matchup at home on the index, coming out on top in the majority 65.4 percent of the computer’s simulations of the game.How does that translate into an expected margin of victory in the game?
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