Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) vs. Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2)
December 21, 2024 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Ohio State Buckeyes -7 / Tennessee Volunteers +7; Over/Under: +47
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The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Tennessee Volunteers meet in a First Round College Football playoff matchup in college football action from Ohio Stadium on Saturday night. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Ohio State vs Tennessee Prediction.
Ohio State Recap
The Ohio State Buckeyes come into the CFP as the 8-seed, finishing the year 10-2 overall and ending the regular season with a 13-10 loss to Michigan. This will be Ohio State’s 6th college football playoff appearance.
Buckeyes Looking to Exorcise Demons From Season-Ending Loss
Will Howard has thrown for 2,860 yards, 27 touchdowns and 8 interceptions on 72.3% passing while Quinshon Judkins has a team-high 805 rushing yards with 8 touchdowns and TreVeyon Henderson has 751 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. Jeremiah Smith has 57 grabs for a team-high 934 yards and 10 touchdowns while Emeka Egbuka has a team-high 60 receptions for 743 yards and 9 touchdowns. Carnell Tate has 41 grabs for 583 yards and 4 TDs as well this season. On defense, Sonny Styles has a team-high 76 total tackles and 4 sacks while JT Tuimoloau has a team-high 6 sacks. Cody Simon has 5 sacks and Jack Sawyer has 4.5 sacks and Denzel Burke has a pair of interceptions. As a unit, Ohio State’s defense has combined for 35 sacks and 9 interceptions so far this season.
Tennessee Recap
The Tennessee Volunteers come in as the 9-seed after finishing the year 10-2 overall. This will be Tennessee’s first college football playoff appearance.
Volunteers Looking To Make Noise In CFP Debut
Nico Iamaleava has thrown for 2,512 yards, 19 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on 65.7% passing while Dylan Sampson leads the Vols on the ground with 1,485 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns and DeSean Bishop has 433 yards and 3 scores on the ground as well. Dont’e Thornton Jr. has a team-high 647 receiving yards while Bru McCoy has 432 receiving yards and Squirrel White has 364 receiving yards as well this season. Chris Brazzell II has 325 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Arion Carter leads the Vols with 65 total tackles while James Pearce Jr. has a team-high 7.5 sacks on the year. Jermod McCoy has a team-high 4 interceptions and Will Brooks also has 3 interceptions so far this season. As a unit, Tennessee’s defense has combined for 29 sacks and 11 interceptions as well on the year.
Ohio State vs Tennessee Prediction
I’m on Tennessee here. I just have little faith in Ohio State and Ryan Day in big games and the big games that Ohio State has played this season have usually been tight more often than not. Tennessee is battle tested in their own right and started to come on strong down the stretch. I’ll roll with the Vols and the points in a game I think Tennessee could win outright.
