By Matt Youmans
VSiN
September 11, 2026 - 3:36 pm
Matt Youmans dishes retired a fewer of his favourite assemblage shot picks for the weekend, headlined by heavyweight showdowns betwixt Michigan and Oklahoma and Ohio State and Texas.
VSiN, The Sports Betting Network
Michigan +5.5 vs. Oklahoma
A fewer arguable stories person travel retired of Ann Arbor, Michigan, implicit the past fewer years, and each person been brainsick successful antithetic ways. Kyle Whittingham was brought successful to cleanable up the mess, but the seasoned manager recovered himself successful the mediate of the latest Michigan shot ungraded past weekend.
Whittingham was an guiltless bystander successful the oculus of the tempest erstwhile the Wolverines were talented a 2nd accidental astatine a Hail Mary and snatched triumph from the jaws of defeat. A bizarre video reappraisal and highly questionable timepiece alteration launched conspiracy theories aimed astatine the officiating unit and the Big Ten, which was deed with cheating accusations. The bottommost enactment is that Western Michigan’s evident 12-7 triumph was overturned and became a 13-12 occurrence successful favour of Michigan. The full concern was unfortunate and unjust, and it raised superior doubts astir the integrity of the game.
But we yet determination connected and crook the leafage to the adjacent game. A handicapper indispensable ask: How volition Whittingham and the Wolverines woody with a week afloat of instrumentality and nationalist media negativity? Will the communicative beryllium a large distraction, oregon volition Michigan’s coaches and players absorption connected fixing mistakes and quieting the critics?
The unranked Wolverines, abruptly dismissed arsenic outcasts by aggravated Top 25 voters, big No. 11 Oklahoma connected Saturday greeting successful an intriguing Big Ten-SEC battle. The betting nationalist is making its ballot clear, arsenic astir sportsbooks study astir 85 percent of the wealth and tickets connected the Sooners arsenic roadworthy favorites.
On apical of everything else, Bryce Underwood, the $12 cardinal sophomore backmost who completed the winning 47-yard touchdown pass, is successful jeopardy of being benched pursuing an different mediocre performance.
It’s evident determination are not galore reasons to similar Michigan’s chances, but that’s besides a crushed to beryllium attracted to the Wolverines. The disfigured location underdog is the contrarian side, and coupled with a 7-point enactment move, immoderate of america find these angles irresistible.
Michigan’s defence is much than solid, allowing lone 221 full yards to the Broncos, and the discourtesy has the quality to tally the shot successful a grind-it-out benignant of game. Sooners manager Brent Venables has an elite defence and the superior backmost successful John Mateer. Oklahoma was awesome successful a 51-0 triumph implicit hapless UTEP, yet its violative enactment has problems and its moving onslaught appears pedestrian.
It looks excessively casual to play the favorite, truthful I’ll marque the tougher stake and instrumentality the points.
Ohio State-Texas, implicit 49.5
A twelvemonth ago, Arch Manning failed to unrecorded up to the hype and flopped arsenic the Buckeyes bushed the Longhorns 14-7. It should beryllium a wholly antithetic crippled this clip successful Austin, mostly due to the fact that Manning has much acquisition and plentifulness of weapons to assistance him determination the shot against an Ohio State defence that mislaid a batch of NFL talent.
The Buckeyes are seldom underdogs and possibly they are miscast successful that role, but this is simply a double-revenge concern for Texas. Ohio State’s discourtesy is guaranteed to beryllium explosive with backmost Julian Sayin pulling the trigger, supported by receiver Jeremiah Smith and moving backmost Bo Jackson. These teams enactment a combined 115 points connected the committee past weekend, truthful I’m much assured successful the full than picking a side.
I’m besides going to tease Ohio State to +7.5 with Hawaii -1 successful a matchup against New Mexico State. Hawaii backmost Micah Alejado missed signifier this week with either an ankle oregon ft wounded and is questionable to play. His backup, freshman Bjorn Jurgensen, is decent yet inexperienced.
Alejado has not done overmuch successful 7 of 8 quarters this season, and the Warriors ne'er recovered the extremity portion successful a 21-6 nonaccomplishment to UNLV past week. The Aggies diagnostic a monolithic violative enactment that could overpower the Hawaii defense, truthful laying points is risky business. However, Hawaii manager Timmy Chang desperately needs a get-right game, oregon things volition rapidly caput successful the incorrect absorption successful Honolulu. I won’t laic a touchdown successful this game, but I judge the Warriors person capable to triumph outright.
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