Iowa Hawkeyes vs Ohio State Buckeyes Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 10/05/24

The Iowa Hawkeyes head to Columbus to tangle with the high-octane Ohio State Buckeyes. Iowa is coming off an impressive 31-14 win at Minnesota 2 weeks ago, securing the Floyd of Rosedale Trophy in its rivalry success. But taking care of an unranked Minnesota squad and facing a top-5 Ohio State team are 2 entirely different things. The Hawkeyes aren’t the boring, terrible offense and defensive-minded team it has been the past few years. The offense has a little more pizzazz and the defense is less suffocating than past years. It will have a difficult time holding down Ohio state, as it allowed 20 to Iowa State and 21 to Troy.

The Buckeyes finally played a notable team, roughing up Michigan State 38-7 in the conference opener and first road game last Saturday. They covered a 23.5-point number rather easily, but the offense wasn’t able to hit 49 or more points for the first time in 4 games. Of course, the Spartans put up a little more resistance than Akron, Western Michigan, or Marshall. Iowa should be able to hold its own against the Buckeyes, but it probably doesn’t have the offense to compete. This will likely be a closer game for the first half before Ohio State pulls away with the win and late cover.

Iowa vs Ohio State prediction: Ohio State -18.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to -19.5.

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