Ohio State opens as 9.5-point favorites over Oregon

Betting Line: Ohio State -9.5 | O/U 44.5

Well, this game sure has lost a lot of its luster from the preseason!

Ohio State will host Oregon next Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET, and what was once expected to be a potential Big Ten title game and College Football Playoff preview is now a matchup between two programs searching for answers.

For the Buckeyes, despite an embarrassing performance in a 30-18 loss to USC, everything is still very much in front of them. Ohio State maintains a clear path to a Big Ten Championship, and with that a spot in the College Football Playoff, but the margin for error is now zero.

At 6-2 with a 4-1 record in-conference, Ohio State still has to play Oregon, Northwestern,…