Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports Ohio State and Michigan are expected to battle for the Big Ten title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Ohio State Buckeyes are 25-1 straight up and 15-11 against the spread over their last 26 games. The Buckeyes will try to string together another dominant regular season this year to win their second Big Ten championship in three years. Ohio State is a +175 favorite to win the Big Ten this season at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. Mired in a year-long quarterback controversy between Cardale Jones and J.T. Barrett, the Buckeyes were unable to consistently reach their potential on offense in 2015, which came to a head in a 17-14 home loss to Michigan State as a 14.5-point favorite on the college football betting lines. With Barrett now uncontested for the starting job and a chip on the team’s shoulder, Ohio State will once again be a major contender for both a Big Ten and a national championship. Michigan’s hire of Jim Harbaugh was expected to do wonders for the Wolverines’ football program, but nobody expected Harbaugh to work his magic as quickly as he did. The Wolverines transformed from a middling team…
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