Ohio Bobcats at Kent State Golden Flashes
Post-game analysis · Saturday, October 3, 2026
Model projection — no official pick
OHIO 27 – KENT 24
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
OHIO -3.5
Sportsbooks make Ohio Bobcats the favorite by 3.5. Expected combined score: 50.5
DraftKings · updated Sat, 3:08 PM EDT
Our projected score
Ohio Bobcats27
Kent State Golden Flashes24
Final score
Ohio Bobcats13
Kent State Golden Flashes10
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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.
- OHIO
AJ Miller — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.5Recent average 0.5 over 2 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +650AJ Miller 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 13% in the DraftKings price (+650), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
- OHIO
Riley Neer — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 1.33Recent average 1 over 3 gamesConfidence mediumLine DraftKings +150Riley Neer scored in 3 of 3 games this season (1.33 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 95% chance to score, against 40% in the DraftKings price (+150), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Riley Neer did not score a touchdown
- KENT
Terik Mulder — Anytime touchdown: Yes
We project 0.18Recent average 0.18 over 7 gamesConfidence lowLine DraftKings +750Terik Mulder scored in 0 of 3 games this season and in 2 of 4 games last season (0.18 touchdowns per game after the matchup), and the matchup is roughly neutral. Our model gives him a 18% chance to score, against 12% in the DraftKings price (+750), so the play is Anytime touchdown: Yes.
MissedFinal: Terik Mulder did not score a touchdown
Records & form
How our picks have graded in NCAA Football, plus how both teams have actually played.
Our College Football record
3-2
60% of graded picks covered
Road team
Ohio Bobcats
Record 1-0
Against the spread 0-1 (0%)
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Home team
Kent State Golden Flashes
Record 1-1
Against the spread 2-0 (100%)
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