Category: College Football

In a 29.5-point mismatch, Ohio State enters the third week of college football as the heavy favorite against in-state opponent Ohio, which will receive a substantial payout from the Buckeyes for the matchup.

After taking down Texas 14-7 in Week 1, the Buckeyes faced off against Southwestern Atlantic Conference opponent Grambling State on Sept. 6, a 54.5 point underdog against the No. 1 team in the country.

Grambling State, who plays in the Football Championship Subdivision and lost to the Buckeyes 70-0, received a payout of $1 million from the Buckeyes for the Week 2 scheduling.

Read more about the details of Ohio State’s payout to Ohio below.

How much is Ohio State football paying to Play Ohio U?

Ohio State will pay Ohio University $1.9 million to play in the Week 3 college football matchup.

Last week, Ohio State paid Grambling State $1 million to play in Week 2 of college football. Both payouts are owed to the corresponding schools by the end of February. In total, Ohio State will pay just under $3 million to play its nonconference opponents.

Who does Ohio State football play today?

Ohio State football is set to play the Ohio Bobcats on Sept. 13.

What time is the Ohio State football game today?

Ohio State will host the Ohio Bobcats at 7 p.m.

What channel is the Ohio State football game today?

Ohio State will play the Ohio Bobcats exclusively on Peacock at 7 p.m.

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No. 1 Ohio State wraps up nonconference play Saturday with an in-state matchup against Ohio. Despite their close proximity, it’s just the seventh meeting in the all-time series and only the third since 1902. Unless the Bobcats pull off the season’s biggest upset, the Buckeyes have a chance to move to 7-0 in the series and stay unbeaten heading into the first of their two bye weeks.

Ohio represents a middle ground on the Buckeyes’ early schedule. They opened with a season-defining win over then-No. 1 Texas before rolling FCS foe Grambling State 70-0. Coach Ryan Day cautioned that Ohio will provide a different kind of challenge.

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“They’re well-coached,” Day said. “I think their guys play really hard. They understand how to layer in all three phases. They all work together. They’re not just playing offense, defense and special teams; they have a plan on how they’re going to win.”

Where to watch Ohio State vs. Ohio live

Date: Saturday, Sept. 13 | Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Ohio Stadium — Columbus, Ohio
TV: None | Stream: Peacock

Ohio State vs. Ohio: Need to know

History on Ohio State’s side: A loss to Ohio would be historic. The Buckeyes are 38-1 all-time against current members of the MAC, riding a 38-game winning streak in those matchups since 1894. They’re also unbeaten in 53 straight games against other in-state programs and have never lost to an Ohio school inside Ohio Stadium.

Ohio a threat to Power Four teams: The Bobcats already flashed against power competition this fall. They took Rutgers to the wire in a 34-31 loss after entering the fourth quarter tied, then broke through last week with a…

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Louisiana coach Michael Desormeaux sees his team’s road trip to face Missouri football as an examination — a test of his own team’s mettle.

“We’ll find out exactly where we are this week,” Desormeaux told reporters in Lafayette on Monday. “On defense, we’ve been really physical. We’ve stopped the run. We’ve done those things. We’ll find out this week if we’re really that type of team or not.”

No. 25/RV Missouri will host Louisiana this week for a noon kickoff Saturday in Columbia, with kickoff moved up three hours to avoid forecasted extreme heat in Columbia. The matchup has sold out, per Mizzou athletics.

More: Kickoff time moved up to noon for Missouri football game vs. Louisiana this Saturday

MU (2-0) heads into the game on the back of a Border War win over Kansas.

Louisiana (1-1) fell to Rice in a home upset in Week 1 and lost starting quarterback Walker Howard to injury for the season. The Ragin’ Cajuns beat McNeese State last Saturday.

Ahead of the game during his pregame availability in Lafayette, here’s what Desormeaux said about Mizzou.

On the Mizzou offense through two games

Asked what the Mizzou offense does well, Desormeaux made a potentially long list nice and succinct.

“It’s everything right now,” the UL coach responded.

Missouri currently ranks No. 5 in the FBS for total offense with 577.5 yards per game.

Added Desormeaux: “They are huge up front. It’s an SEC O-line. They look like it. They’ve got really good running backs. … You know, we’re familiar with Coach Drinkwitz a little bit from a few years back, and it’s a similar formula to win. They’re going to run the football. They’re going to throw play-actions and naked (bootleg passes) and stuff like that off of it. They’re going to take shots down the field. You better have them covered, because they got some wideouts that can…

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Perhaps no team in the nation has been as impressive as South Florida to open the 2025 season. The Bulls have stunned Boise State and Florida thus far as Alex Golesh’s team now has a legitimate path to the College Football Playoff. USF has another chance to pull off a stunner on Saturday when the Bulls take on Miami in a top-20 matchup. The latest Week 3 college football odds list the Hurricanes as 17.5-point favorites, with the over-under at 57.5. The Canes are 6-1 all-time versus their in-state rival.

Other games with potential early CFP implications include Tennessee vs. Georgia (-3.5), LSU vs. Florida (+7.5) and Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame (-6.5). With dozens of college football lines available, what are the best values for college football bets this week? Before locking in any Week 3 college football picks, be sure to see the top Week 3 college football expert picks, predictions and best bets from Thomas Casale.

A frequent guest on national radio and TV shows to discuss college sports, Casale has been sports betting — and winning — for more than 30 years. After going 5-3 so far this season, he’s on a 18-9 roll in his SportsLine best bets column that dates back to last season. Anybody who followed him could have been way up.

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 3 college football odds and is sharing his top betting picks. If you parlay these college football betting picks, you could be looking at a return of around +600. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine, and new users can also target the DraftKings promo code, which offers $200 in bonus bets instantly plus over $200 off NFL Sunday Ticket:

Top Week 3 college football expert predictions

One of Casale’s top Week 3 college football picks: He is backing No. 5 Miami (-17.5) against No. 18….

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Through two games, what grade would Utah cornerbacks coach Sharrieff Shah give his group?

“If I had to grade us right now as a unit, it would be like a C-, and that’s being really gracious on the grades,” Shah said.

Contrary to Shah’s assessment, the stat sheet paints a favorable picture of Utah’s secondary, and defense as a whole. The Utes have allowed just 9.5 points per game (21st in the nation), 147 passing yards per game (32nd in the nation) and have intercepted three passes, including a pick-six by cornerback Jackson Bennee.

There’s been good plays — including Bennee’s pick-six against Cal Poly, which extended Utah’s interception-return-for-a-touchdown streak to an NCAA-record 22 seasons.

Yes, the competition was UCLA — which looks so far to be a lower-tier FBS team — and FCS Cal Poly, but when a team allows just one touchdown over its first two games, there’s definitely more good than bad happening in the secondary.

Bennee has stood out so far at nickel with his pick-six, plus another near interception and three pass breakups against Cal Poly. Smith Snowden has also done fairly well in coverage, even with the addition of being a significant contributor on offense on his plate.

When coaches turn on the tape, however, they see plenty that needs fixing in the secondary before Big 12 Conference play starts next Saturday against Texas Tech. For Utah’s defense to hit an elite level, however, coaches know that there are things to clean up.

Coverage breakdowns in the first two games didn’t lead to touchdowns or big gains, but against better opponents, they almost certainly would have.

A couple examples: On UCLA’s first drive of the game, former Ute Mikey Matthews was uncovered deep down the field and could have scored if he caught the pass from quarterback Nico Iamaleava, but Iamaleava’s…

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“Past is prologue.”  It’s been more than 400 years since Shakespeare wrote that line in “The Tempest,” but it still rings true.

When it comes to the AP Top 25 or Coaches Poll, we all get frustrated when voters lean too heavily on last season and brush aside what we’ve actually seen on the field. Instead of throwing preseason expectations out the window, they treat them as gospel while dismissing early results as flukes.

Power ratings should be different. If opinion polls are reactive, power polls are predictive. They’re not about what has happened, but what’s most likely to happen next. And when it comes to forecasting the future, history is often the best guide. Teams — and humans — are predictable. They repeat patterns, just in slightly different ways.

That’s why a strong power rating must always bake in some history, but with the right balance of past and present. The deeper we go into the season, the more weight 2025 performances will carry. Last week brought little movement, but this week delivers plenty of change — and a clear top tier is starting to form. The top five are tightly packed, with a noticeable drop off behind them.

Our No. 1 stays put, but there’s a new No. 2. And in a reflection of the sport’s current balance of power, 10 of our top 12 teams hail from the SEC or Big Ten. The ACC has one. Then there’s Notre Dame.

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2025 Fornelli Power Ratings

Fell outside top 12: Clemson, Michigan, Texas A&M

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No. 15 Tennessee (2-0) will host No. 3 Georgia (2-0) in a SEC opener for both schools Saturday. Rankings reflect the US LBM Coaches Poll.

Kickoff between the Vols and Bulldogs is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT at Neyland Stadium. ABC will televise the contest.

Each week, Vols Wire revisits a memorable game between Tennessee and its upcoming opponent. Week 3 revisits Tennessee’s, 37-20, victory against Georgia on Oct. 9, 1999 at Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee led, 28-7, at halftime after scoring three touchdowns in the second quarter. The Vols led, 30-7, after the third quarter. Georgia outscored the Vols, 13-7, in the fourth quarter.

Leonard Scott returned a kickoff 100 yards for Tennessee in the fourth quarter after the Bulldogs trailed, 30-20, with 12 minutes remaining.

Tee Martin completed 21-of-35 passing attempts for 283 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He also recorded 49 rushing yards and scored three touchdowns on six attempts.

Jamal Lewis led Tennessee in rushing yards (79). He also totaled two receptions for 29 yards and one touchdown.

Cedrick Wilson led the Vols with eight receptions and 107 receiving yards.

More: Tennessee starting quarterbacks to defeat Georgia football all time

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Mississippi State picked up a big win for the program on Saturday evening when they downed then-No. 12 Arizona State in a 24-20 thriller in Starkville. It was the Bulldogs’ first win over a ranked opponent since the 2022 Egg Bowl when they beat Ole Miss when the Rebels were ranked No. 20 in the country, and the faithful in Starkville made sure to celebrate in kind. 

Fans quickly rushed the field and tore down the goalposts in near record time, carrying them out into the Mississippi night, cowbells ringing all the while. It was a joyous scene in Starkville, which has been a rarity over the past two seasons as they’ve gone 7-17, and the school is probably not too upset to pay the $500,000 fine that arrived from the SEC on Monday. 

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Storming the field is an automatic fine of half a million from the SEC, with the money for a non-conference incident going to the conference’s post-graduate scholarship fund. Fans are allowed to celebrate on the field if a pre-approved plan is turned in that allows for the opposing team and officials to get off the field before hand, but after…

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