After a year in which the Michigan Wolverines shocked the college football world by winning the Big Ten Championship – and going to the College Football Playoff – the Ohio State Buckeyes will be looking to reclaim their status as the cream of the crop in this conference.
With Ryan Day's team being such a heavy favorite to win the Big Ten, are the Buckeyes even worth betting on? Find out in our Big Ten conference best bets, which is complete with team-by-team analysis. While some of the bigger brands in college football play in the Big Ten East, there's value to be found in leveraging the Big Ten West. We get into all of that below.
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Ohio State Buckeyes
The DimersBOT gives the Buckeyes a 67.7% chance of winning the Big Ten this year. No team in college football has a better probability of winning its conference than Ohio State, according to the model built by our data scientists. Part of that is because the Buckeyes are returning most of their defensive starters, which means this could be the most balanced Ohio State team we've seen since Ryan Day became head coach. The Buckeyes can always be counted on to field an elite offense, and that's not changing with a group that features quarterback C.J. Stroud, running back TreVeyon Henderson and wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (one of our favorite bets to win the Heisman Trophy). If the Buckeyes get by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in their season opener, a perfect regular season is on the table.
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