Kent State @ Ohio State: Result, Lines & ATS Trends (Week 3, 2026)

Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Ohio State

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Kent State

1-1 · Power #131

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Final

Ohio State

1-1 · Power #2

▲ winner

Closing spread

OSU -52.5

✓ OSU W

Total

58.5

▲ Over · 62 pts

Model before kickoff

KENT 0–53 OSU

✓ OSU (100%) won

Closing line · DraftKings

SourceDraftKings closing line

OpenOSU -52.5

CloseOSU -52.5

Total56.5 → 58.5

Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

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ATS

Records before kickoff

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
KENT LW	1-1	50%	0-1	0-1
OSU WW	2-0	100%	1-0	1-0

Venue/role: KENT away, as underdog; OSU home, as favorite. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before kickoff

	O-U	Over %	SU
KENT OO	2-0	100%	1-1
OSU OU	1-1	50%	1-1

Went over in Q4. Of 475 earlier overs in games with totals 54.5–62.5, 33% had cashed by the end of Q3.

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Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Hover for the score and line.

Last 10 games

Before kickoff, this and last season

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
KENT	5-5 50%	6-4 60%	5-5 50%
OSU	7-3 70%	7-3 70%	3-7 30%

Wins-losses (pushes and ties last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 138 FBS teams

Power rating this season

pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot

KENT−18.0 →−21.3▼ 3.3#138

OSU+27.1 →+25.9▼ 1.2#1

Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

KENT

Longer bar = better

OSU

#109

Offense

OSU better ▶

#32

#109

Defense

OSU better ▶

#40

−1.0 #112

Turnovers

OSU better ▶

+0.5 #58

60 plays #104

Pace

OSU faster ▶

68 plays #61

Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense

When KENT has the ball

Advantage: OSU defense

	KENT off	OSU def	Edge
Points / game	18.0 #122	13.5 #38	OSU
Yards / play	5.27 #111	3.63 #11	OSU
PPA / play	+0.10 #91	−0.06 #40	OSU
Success rate	38% #112	39% #69	OSU

When OSU has the ball

Advantage: OSU offense

	OSU off	KENT def	Edge
Points / game	39.5 #40	36.0 #128	OSU
Yards / play	7.73 #17	6.54 #126	OSU
PPA / play	+0.33 #26	+0.04 #68	OSU
Success rate	48% #44	44% #114	OSU

Bars show league standing (dashed mark = league middle); Offense and Defense use the average rank across the four stats below. In the tables, a highlighted value and the Edge column mark the side ranked better by at least 15% of the league; defense values are what that team allows. Yards and turnovers from ESPN box scores; PPA from CollegeFootballData (garbage time excluded). Descriptive only: the model already uses these.

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 19 FBS teams

KENT scoring against the OSU defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
KENT scored	3.5	3.5	7.0	0.0	11.0	11.0
OSU allowed	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	10.5	10.5

OSU scoring against the KENT defense

	Q1	Q2	1H	Q3	Q4	2H
OSU scored	12.0	12.0	24.0	8.5	7.0	15.5
KENT allowed	5.0	17.0	22.0	7.0	7.0	14.0

Regulation only (overtime is left out). 1H = Q1 + Q2, 2H = Q3 + Q4. #1 scores the most, or allows the fewest. Season to date, not adjusted for opponents.