Michigan vs Ohio State 11/30/24 Game Information

Michigan vs Ohio State Preview

No. 2 Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 in Big Ten) welcomes rivals Michigan (6-5, 4-4 in Big Ten) to Columbus in a game much more important to the hosts than the defending national champions. After Tuesday night’s weekly College Football Playoff rankings, the Buckeyes were still seeded No. 2, but because of their conference loss to No. 1 Oregon earlier this season, would have to host a First Round game in the first-ever 12-team tournament which kicks off on December 20. The CFP bracket has Ohio State hosting Arizona State in Columbus, but we all know much will change between now and when the CFP actually gets underway. In their last game, the Buckeyes burst Indiana’s bubble and undefeated season, rolling at The Shoe while Michigan unloaded on Northwestern, 50-6 in a free pick and prediction we gave to you here.

Michigan Will Aim to Slow Game Down at The Shoe

Michigan (4-7-0 ATS, 7-4-0 O/U) was destined to have a challenging 2024-25 NCAA Football season with esteemed Head Coach Jim Harbaugh heading to the NFL (Chargers) along with QB JJ McCarthty (Vikings) and RB Blake Corem (Rams) as well as a number of other key cogs from their national championship squad. Toss in the early season QB issues with Jack Tuttle (multiple concussions) and his retirement from football, and there was just too much on new QB Davis Warren’s shoulders in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines have only lost to good teams—Texas (#3), Washington (2023 runners-up), Illinois (#22), Oregon (#1), and Indiana (#10)—and this has been a good team to bet against this year. This is one of the best rivalries in all of sports, and heading in, Michigan is 61-51-6 lifetime vs Ohio State.

 Michigan Betting Trends

• Michigan is 2-0 ATS in its last 2 games overall (IU, NW)
• The Over is 7-3 in the Wolverines last 10 games, 3-1 last 4 
• Michigan went 3-4 ATS at Home this season
• The Wolverines are 1-2 SU on the Road this season
• Michigan is 3-0 SU/ATS in the last 3 series meetings

Ohio State Can Cruise into CFP With a Win Here

Ohio State (6-5-0 ATS, 5-6-0 O/U) has won by 23, 24, and 35 in its last 3 games (IU, NW, PUR) with QB Will Howard, RB Quinshon Judkins, and WRs Jeremiah Smith, Emeka Egbuka, and Carnell Tate all slowly warming up and then dismantling their opponents.The offense has been great, but the defense has been even better allowing just 10.7 ppg (#1) and 241.7 ypg (#1), so the Wolverines will have trouble putting up points here and that’s why oddsmakers have made the Total so low. The two bad things for Michigan here are the fact they won it all last season and Ohio State had to watch that and hear all the chatter and they have won 3 straight in this series, so the Buckeyes will want to pound their rivals into submission and may go Over the Total themselves.

Ohio State Betting Trends

• Ohio State is 7-3 SU/ATS the last 10 in this historic series
• The Buckeyes won 7 straight in the series before losing the last 3 
• The Over is 10-0 the last 10 series meetings
• The Under is 4-1 in the last 5 Ohio State games, and 6 of 8
• Ohio State is 4-2 ATS at Home this season

Michigan vs Ohio State Pick and Prediction

These Michigan vs Ohio State predictions and free NCAAF picks will back the Favorite and the Over with the Buckeyes talented WRs possibly going off in this game with Howard pulling all of the right strings. It has been a long season for the Wolverines, and this is a hard way to end it, but their roster just isn’t as strong or deep as Ohio State’s and the hosts will be motivated by many things—their CFP placement, the rivalry itself, Michigan being the defending national champs, and losing 3 straight to their enemies. With the Over winning 10 straight here, backing that series mega-Trend is natural and there have been 54, 68, 69, 101, 51, 57, 55, 70, and 83 points scored in those 10 meetings, all well over the 42.5 we see posted for this game. Embrace logic. Michigan will be in this game for 7 minutes and then quickly made into creamed corn.

Kevin’s Picks: Ohio State -21, Over 42.5