{"id":428273,"date":"2026-09-06T21:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428273\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:06:20","slug":"texas-favored-over-ohio-state-in-revenge-rematch-for-week-2-of-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428273\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas favored over Ohio State in revenge rematch for Week 2 of college football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Texas football is currently valued in the slightest of favor to win their Week 2 game versus Ohio State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/betting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings<\/a>, in matchup with an estimated point total of 47.5, Texas is favored by 1.5 points next weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That\u2019s welcomed news as the Longhorns prepare to host the Buckeyes in the programs\u2019 second act of a home-and-home series that saw Texas drop its season-opening game versus Ohio State in Columbus. Last season, Ohio State beat Texas 14-7, and held the Longhorns scoreless through three quarters. Both teams enter this season ranked in the top 5 with high expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This year, both programs opened the 2026 college football season with a win: Texas stomped a 59-7 hole in their Interstate-35 neighbor Texas State as returning starter quarterback Arch Manning, now a fourth-year senior, threw for over 300 yards, four touchdowns, and one lone interception. Meanwhile, Ohio State beat Ball State to a pulp that amounted to a 56-3 win on Saturday that saw standout wide receiver Jeremiah Smith grab eight receptions for 151 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Texas hasn\u2019t beat Ohio State in football since the 2008 Fiesta Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas football is currently valued in the slightest of favor to win their Week 2 game versus Ohio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,536,28],"class_list":["post-428273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns-football","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}