Ohio State Buckeyes @ Iowa Hawkeyes Point Spread Betting Picks

Ohio State Buckeyes @ Iowa Hawkeyes Point Spread Betting Picks: I know that Iowa is a very good football team, and their only loss at home this season came in fine 30-31 fashion against a very good Wisconsin team, a Wisconsin team that upset the Buckeyes about a month ago. But Ohio State, as much as I hate to concede it, is a better football team.

The Buckeyes score 41.6 points per game and give up just 13.6. The Hawkeyes have been good, as I said to open this write-up, but even at 30.8 and 15 points respectively, their averages fall below the Buckeyes. Ohio State is 9-1 overall and 8-2 against the spread, doing all they can to exceed the public’s high expectations.

In common opponents, Ohio State seems like the better team there as well. They beat Penn State 38-14 while Iowa played the Nittany Lions tough, they won 24-3. Iowa slipped past the Hoosiers of Indiana, 18-13. Ohio State beat them 38-10. Both teams lost to Wisconsin, though the Hawkeyes played them tougher than the Buckeyes.

I also have to look at what these teams have done lately, and Ohio State has become dominant, winning each of their last 3 games by at least 24 points – outscoring their opponents by a combined 139-24. Iowa barely beat a bad Indiana team and lost at Northwestern last week.

The Hawkeyes have the ability to play with the Buckeyes, definitely, but I just wouldn’t bet on it.

#9 Ohio State Buckeyes (-3) @ #20 Iowa Hawkeyes