Ohio State opens as 7.5-point favorites over Michigan

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesThe whole season has come down to this. After stumbling out of the gate and dropping its second game of the season, Ohio State has since righted the ship, and now looks every bit like the national title contender we expected them to be heading into 2021. The Buckeyes are fresh off an emphatic victory over No. 7 Michigan State, defeating the first of the two teams they will see from the state up North, 56-7. It was a complete-team performance, and it appears as though Ryan Day’s group is peaking at the right time.

On offense, Ohio State put on a clinic. The Spartans came to Columbus with the nation’s worst-ranked passing defense, and boy did C.J. Stroud…