8:00 AM ET By this point in the season, there are basically two types of top-10 teams: the teams that are legitimate top-5 or top-10 teams on paper, and lower-rated teams that just haven’t lost much yet. Sometimes when teams from each of these groups play each other, you get a rare contradiction — a huge, high-consequence battle of top-10 teams … with a huge spread. No. 4 Ohio State (the former example above) hosts No. 7 Michigan State (the latter) on Saturday in part one of the Buckeyes’ two-week prove-it run. They have won eight straight since their 35-28 home loss to Oregon on October 11. They are excellent and increasingly well-rounded on paper, ranking second overall in SP+ (first on offense, second on special teams and 14th on defense).
Continue Reading: Will Ohio State roll? What to expect when one top-10 team is a big favorite over another
