- Ohio State’s odds are favored over Notre Dame to win the National Championship.
- The spread opened at 9.5 points.
- Ohio State has owned the series 6-2 over Notre Dame all time.
ATLANTA – The College Football National Championship is set and the Ohio State Buckeyes are heavy favorites to beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to win the title.
Ohio State Vs. Notre Dame
- Moneyline: Ohio State (-370) vs. Notre Dame (+285)
- Spread: Ohio State -8
- Total: 46
College football prop betting sites are all over Ohio State in this one, however, Notre Dame will be their toughest test yet.
Season Betting Trends
Ohio State was one of the strongest teams in the country this season as they’ve gone 9-6 against the spread with a massive winning margin of 23.6 points which is the third largest winning margin in all of college football.
As for Notre Dame, they’ll live up as the Buckeyes toughest opponent yet being that they have the best record against the spread in the country at 12-2-1 with an average cover margin of +10.1 points.
Getting more specific, Ohio State has been extremely profitable this season against the spread when favored by 10 points or less in which they’ve gone 5-1 ATS in those situations. On the contrary, Notre Dame has been an underdog just twice this season and has covered in both games.
Line Movement
Since opening, college football sportsbooks have been extremely busy with this line as it has not stopped moving. After originally coming in at 9.5 points, just a day later it dropped a points to 8.5 before coming back up a point.
The line movement continued with the lowest spread reaching 7.5 points before coming back up to 8 points at the time of writing.
Matchup History
This will be the ninth all time meeting between the Buckeyes and the Irish where Ohio State currently leads the series 6-2 and have won all six of their games consecutively. In five of their six wins, they’ve covered an 8-point spread. Notre Dame has only scored 4+ touchdowns in any meeting with Ohio State just once.
Their last two meetings though are more recent as they’ve come in the last two seasons where Ohio State came away victorious both times. In those two games, Ohio State went 1-1 against an 8-point spread and 0-1-1 against the actual game spread.
