College football experts, talking heads, reporters predictions for Ohio State vs. Oregon
LOS ANGELES — Ohio State is set to face Oregon in the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff on Wednesday evening (5 p.m., ABC) inside the Rose Bowl.
The Buckeyes are coming off an overpowering 42-17 win over Tennessee in the first round of the bracket, while the Ducks won the Big Ten a few weeks back and had a bye into the quarterfinal of the tournament — the first time it’s ever featured 12 teams.
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Experts and talking heads are torn on who will win in Pasadena on Wednesday. Lettermen Row has a full breakdown of every prediction we’ve seen from around the college football world and put them into one big list of picks.
On3 predictions for Ohio State vs. Tennessee
On3 national college football reporter Andy Staples: Oregon
On3 national college football reporter Ari Wasserman: Ohio State
On3 national college football analyst JD PicKell: Oregon
Other predictions from around college football
CBS Sports’ college football analyst Josh Pate: Ducks to win
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah: Ohio State (has Buckeyes winning the national championship)
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Richard Johnson: Buckeyes
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Brandon Marcello: Ohio State
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Jerry Palm: Oregon
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Tom Fornelli: Oregon
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Chip Patterson: Oregon
CBS Sports’ national college football reporter Dennis Dodd: Buckeyes (has Buckeyes winning the national championship)
ESPN analyst Greg McElroy: ““I’ll take Ohio State,” McElroy said. “I think this game is going to be high-scoring, a real shootout. Both teams are elite. You never want to lose to Michigan, but that loss may have been the best thing for them. I expect it to be a classic in the Rose Bowl, but I’ll take the Buckeyes to come out on top and advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals.”
The Athletic’s Chris Vannini: Oregon +2.5
FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt: Ohio State 42, Oregon 41
ESPN FPI: Ohio State has 53.7% win probability
Kings of the North co-host Doug Lesmerises: Buckeyes (34-31)
