{"id":30300,"date":"2013-09-23T16:55:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T21:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30300"},"modified":"2013-09-23T16:55:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T21:55:58","slug":"college-football-week-5-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-5-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-ohio-state-buckeyes-30300\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 5 Predictions: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
\nSaturday, 9\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ohio State Buckeyes have scored on 21-of-22 trips inside the red zone this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin enters Saturday\u2019s game ranked sixth nationally in total defense, while it boasts the nation\u2019s active career leader in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns in senior running back James White.\u00a0 The Badgers rank third in the country in gaining 349.8 yards per game, which is important to consider when making your college football predictions in Week 5.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to remember that head coach Gary Andersen will be facing his former boss in this affair, as he worked under Urban Meyer in Utah in 2004.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 4-6 SUATS on the road the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Badgers have dropped five of the last six games in this series, while they\u2019ve gone 4-8-2 SU when both teams enter the matchup ranked in the Top 25.\u00a0 Wisconsin has scored at least 30 points in four consecutive games, which happens to be tied for the fifth-longest such streak in school history.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 8.0 yards per carry on its 175 rushing attempts, which ranks No. 2 in the country behind the Oregon Ducks at 8.5 in that category.<\/p>\n

Ohio State enters the game with the nation\u2019s longest winning streak at 16 games, while it has managed to score on 21-of-22 trips inside the red zone during the 2013 campaign\u2014tallying 20 touchdowns and a single field goal.\u00a0 The Buckeyes are averaging 529 yards per game of total offense, while allowing just 280.2, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football betting lines Saturday night.\u00a0 Meyer has compiled a 46-4 record in games played in August\/September.\u00a0 Ohio State is 16-2 SU and 9-9 ATS at home over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes are explosive on the offensive end, with its line welcoming back four senior starters from a season ago.\u00a0 The unit boasts a combined 100 cumulative starts, as it prepares to protect either Kenny Guiton or Braxton Miller under center.\u00a0 Wide receiver Devin Smith will be the main target on the perimeter, as he\u2019s caught 14 touchdown passes, with an average distance of 41.5 yards per score.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Buckeyes due to their 5-1 ATS record in the last six meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday, 9\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Ohio State -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Ohio State -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin enters Saturday\u2019s game ranked sixth nationally in total defense, while it boasts the nation\u2019s active career leader in rushing yards, rushing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[5475,3552,7636,463,557,437],"class_list":["post-30300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-braxton-miller","tag-james-white","tag-kenny-guiton","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-urban-meyer","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30301,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30300\/revisions\/30301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}