Week 2 College Football Odds: Texas Favored Over Ohio State — SkimNews
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- No. 4 Texas hosts No. 1 Ohio State as a 1.5-point favorite with a 49.5 over/under in what the guide calls one of the biggest games of the season, while online sports betting is now legal in more than 30 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico
- No. 11 Oklahoma visits unranked Michigan, which dropped from No. 16 after a controversial 13-12 Hail Mary win over Western Michigan; Michigan is a 5.5-point home underdog with a 43.5 total
- Texas A&M is a 14.5-point home favorite over Arizona State after QB Marcel Reed threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns in a 50-0 opening win, while Arizona State QB Cutter Boley passed for 387 yards and six touchdowns in his transfer debut
- Oregon, now No. 6 after a closer-than-expected 34-27 win over Boise State, is a 23.5-point road favorite at Oklahoma State, which lost to Tulsa 24-10 and returns only four starters
- No. 3 Notre Dame, riding an 11-game winning streak with 14 returning starters, is a 44.5-point home favorite over Rice, which is coming off 11 straight losing seasons
- No. 12 Alabama opens SEC play at Kentucky as a 10.5-point road favorite, with DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, and Caesars all running new-user bonus bet promos tied to the Week 2 card
Why it matters: Bettors face the deepest Week 2 slate of the 2026 season, anchored by Ohio State-Texas and seven other ranked-vs-ranked matchups, with five major sportsbooks competing for new users via bonus-bet promos tied to those games. The Michigan-Oklahoma line (Michigan +5.5) reflects significant skepticism toward a Wolverines team that fell out of the AP rankings despite Week 1, making it one of the more volatile spreads on the board.
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