{"id":434259,"date":"2026-09-12T22:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434259\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T22:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:52:24","slug":"ohio-state-vs-texas-prediction-odds-time-week-2-college-football-picks-by-proven-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434259\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State vs. Texas prediction, odds, time: Week 2 college football picks by proven model"},"content":{"rendered":"

A marquee showdown of top-5 teams highlights Week 2 of the college football season as Arch Manning, Cam Coleman and the fourth-ranked Texas Longhorns host Jeremiah Smith, Julian Sayin and the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes. Texas had 360 pass yards in a 59-7 win over Texas State. OSU piled up nearly 700 total yards in its opening 56-3 win over Ball State. Ohio State defeated Texas 14-7 in Columbus last season and 28-14 in the College Football Playoffs in 2024.\u00a0Claim the latest Polymarket promo code CBSSPORTS to get a $50 bonus after $10 in trades<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET from Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. The Longhorns are 1.5-point favorites in the latest Ohio State vs. Texas odds. The over\/under is 50.5 points, up a point since the opening line. Before making any Texas vs. Ohio State picks,\u00a0check out the Ohio State vs. Texas predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The model simulates every FBS game 10,000 times. It is on a 33-20 run on top-rated CFB money-line picks on\u00a0betting sites<\/a>\u00a0since the 2024 season, and it has been upgraded for the 2026 season to even better factor in the transfer portal. Anybody following its\u00a0college football betting<\/a>\u00a0picks could have seen strong returns. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the model has set its sights on Ohio State vs. Texas<\/a>. You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks<\/a>. Here are the FBS college football odds<\/a> and trends for Texas vs. Ohio State:<\/p>\n

Ohio State vs. Texas spread<\/p>\n

Texas -1.5<\/p>\n

Ohio State vs. Texas over\/under<\/p>\n

50.5 points<\/p>\n

Ohio State vs. Texas money line\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas -127, Ohio State +107<\/p>\n

Ohio State vs. Texas picks<\/p>\n

See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Ohio State vs. Texas predictions<\/p>\n

After simulating Ohio State vs. Texas 10,000 times, SportsLine’s model is going Under (50.5 points) at the\u00a0best betting apps<\/a>. The Over cashed in both of their Week 1 games, despite allowing a combined 10 points. That’s because the offenses did what they wanted with each team finishing in the upper-50s in points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Expect a chess match on Saturday in Austin. CBS Sports ranked each team has having one of the Top 10 defensive fronts. Ohio State ranked 12th in completion percentage allowed, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last season these teams opened with a showdown in Columbus, a game won 14-7 by the Buckeyes in a game that finished well under the total. With both teams hunkering down in the biggest of games, SportsLine’s model is projecting 49 combined points, making the Under the value pick as it hits 51% of the time.\u00a0See the model’s spread and money-line picks at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to make Ohio State vs. Texas picks<\/p>\n

In addition to going Under on the total, the model also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time.\u00a0You can only get the pick at SportsLine.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

So who wins Ohio State vs. Texas, and which side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the spread to jump on, all from the advanced model that’s on a 33-20 run on top-rated CFB money-line picks<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A marquee showdown of top-5 teams highlights Week 2 of the college football season as Arch Manning, Cam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5075,6728,781,150764,150765,150766,27,29,537,28,150767],"class_list":["post-434259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-betting","tag-college-football-picks","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-ohio-state-texas","tag-ohio-state-texas-picks","tag-ohio-state-texas-prediction","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-ohio-state-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434259","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=434259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}