No. 5 Ohio State visits No. 14 Iowa on Saturday (2:30 CT, CBS). Live HASHMARK: Ohio St −9.7 / 72.2%. Vegas close on the schedule: Ohio St −13.5, O/U 45.5. Same favorite; HX is ~3.8 points cooler on the Buckeyes at Kinnick.
HX ranks Ohio State 2nd (7.81) against AP 5; Iowa is HX 23rd (3.71) vs AP 14 — a −9 ballot gap on the home side. Iowa jumped after the last-play 20–19 win at Michigan (NCAA / Bleacher Report GameDay). Ohio State’s only loss is the one-point road game at Texas.
CBS and SI note Ohio State’s last Kinnick trip (55–24 loss in 2017) and Iowa’s early-season run game. Do not invent snaps. The card is agreement on the side, disagreement on the margin — useful contrast against the Florida–Missouri flip and the Miami–Clemson chill.
Why it matters
National GameDay window + HX’s Iowa under-rank vs a top-15 ballot home dog.