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#1Ohio State at #4Texas

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 6:30 PM CT / 7:30 PM ET · DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Texas 24, Ohio State 23

Closest: Elo (Ohio State by 0.4, missed by 1.4). 0 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Ohio State. The line, shown for comparison only, has Texas by 2.0.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Ohio State by 2.1 and Elo has Ohio State by 0.4. SP+ and Elo are 1.7 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+
Ohio State +30.0 vs Texas +25.4
Ohio State by 2.1 ✗3.1
Elo Closest
Ohio State 1986 vs Texas 1913
Ohio State by 0.4 ✗1.4
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Texas by 21.0

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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