Post-game analysisNCAA FootballSaturday, September 19, 2026Final

Kent State Golden Flashes at Ohio State Buckeyes

Post-game analysis · Saturday, September 19, 2026

Model projection — no official pick

KENT 23 – OSU 32

This is a model projection only. No side was published for this game and nothing here is counted in our graded record.

The betting line

OSU -51.5

Sportsbooks make Ohio State Buckeyes the favorite by 51.5. Expected combined score: 58.5

DraftKings · updated Sat, 11:07 AM EDT

Our projected score

Kent State Golden Flashes logo Kent State Golden Flashes23

Ohio State Buckeyes logo Ohio State Buckeyes32

Final score

Kent State Golden Flashes logo Kent State Golden Flashes3

Ohio State Buckeyes logo Ohio State Buckeyes59

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Matchup preview · Sep 19, 2026

Preview: Kent State Golden Flashes at Ohio State Buckeyes projection

Kent State Golden Flashes visit Ohio State Buckeyes in NCAA Football on Saturday, September 19, 2026. The projection on file reads KENT 23 – OSU 32, a 9-point edge to Ohio State Buckeyes. DraftKings currently has OSU -52.5 with a total of 59.5.

This projection was stored by an earlier version of our model, and it does not carry the recorded provenance we now keep, so we cannot state which completed games or market numbers produced it. The score above is exactly what is stored; we will not restate inputs we cannot prove.

This is a model projection, not an official tracked recommendation. No side was published for this game and nothing here is counted in our graded record.

Full-game total

DraftKings last quoted 58.5 — Over -110 / Under -110.

Medium

Our projected combined score is 55 · Under win probability 56.8%.

This is a model projection for context, not a recommendation. Only a high-rated total becomes a tracked pick.

No full-game total recommendation was published on this game. no explicit pregame data-quality verdict was recorded.

Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.

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Player prop angles

Our model projects individual stat lines from each player's recent games and the matchup in front of them, then compares that projection to the live sportsbook number. Where a book has not posted a prop yet, the line shown is our own.

Jakorion Caffey — Anytime touchdown: Yes
KENT
We project 1Recent average 1 over 1 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +1400
Jakorion Caffey scored in 1 of 1 game this season (1 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 7% in the DraftKings price (+1400), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Jakorion Caffey did not score a touchdown
Dru DeShields — Anytime touchdown: Yes
KENT
We project 2Recent average 1 over 1 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +1200
Dru DeShields scored in 1 of 1 game this season (2 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 8% in the DraftKings price (+1200), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Dru DeShields did not score a touchdown
Chris Henry Jr. — Anytime touchdown: Yes
OSU
We project 1Recent average 1 over 1 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +210
Chris Henry Jr. scored in 1 of 1 game this season (1 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 32% in the DraftKings price (+210), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
HitFinal: Chris Henry Jr. scored a touchdown
Julian Sayin — Anytime touchdown: Yes
OSU
We project 0.5Recent average 0.5 over 2 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +225
Julian Sayin scored in 1 of 2 games this season (0.5 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 50% chance to score, against 31% in the DraftKings price (+225), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Julian Sayin did not score a touchdown
Wayne Harris — Anytime touchdown: Yes
KENT
We project 1Recent average 1 over 1 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +1000
Wayne Harris scored in 1 of 1 game this season (1 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 9% in the DraftKings price (+1000), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Wayne Harris did not score a touchdown
Jeremiah Smith — Anytime touchdown: Yes
OSU
We project 1Recent average 1 over 1 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings -750
Jeremiah Smith scored in 1 of 1 game this season (1 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 88% in the DraftKings price (-750), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Jeremiah Smith did not score a touchdown