Ohio State at USC Betting Odds and Stats

The most anticipated game of the college football betting season takes place on Saturday at 8:00 pm EST as #1 USC hosts #5 Ohio State on ABC. Either USC or Ohio State has played for the national title in college football odds for the last four seasons and the winner of this game will have the inside track this year. USC and Ohio State have not played in 18 years and both teams are looking forward to the game.

“We love competing against the top teams,” USC quarterback Mark Sanchez said, “That’s why I came here. It’s going to be a great day for college football. The Coliseum is going to be rocking.”

USC is a 11.5 point favorite in college football odds with a total of 44.5 at SBG Global sportsbook. Even with the 11 points, Vegas reports that the public is loading up on USC at home. The point spread has moved almost 3 points with USC -9.5 in opening betting odds.

The Buckeyes are not getting much respect in betting odds after their lackluster win last week against Ohio. Star running back Chris “Beanie” Wells is expected to play but how effective he will be is in question. They missed him last week when they had just 272 yards in their 26-14 win over Ohio.

“The only way we can be successful on the road at Southern Cal is be at our best, I mean, there’s no way that we can do it if we’re not at our best,” Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said. “So I think all of us in the whole locker room recognized after the (Ohio) game that we weren’t at our best.”

USC was very impressive in their opening college football betting win against Virginia as Sanchez threw for three touchdowns and 338 yards.

“You can just sense that if you give him time back there, he’s going to find guys and he’s got a real attitude about him to take advantage of it. It’s his nature,” said Trojans coach Pete Carroll.

The last time these two teams met for college football betting was in 1990 when USC won 35-26. They have an 11-9-1 edge in the all-time series against Ohio State.