If Ohio State's 2021 football schedule was a Bingo card, the Akron Zips would be the free square. Over the past two seasons, the woeful Zips have won a single game. In 2019, the first season under ...

Ball State also has a potential edge in the return game, with the Cardinals leading the MAC in kick return yardage (30.3 per return) and Akron ranking last (16.8 per return) in 2021.

It also enters Week 2 of the 2021 season on a 63-45 run on all top-rated college football picks. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns. Now, the model has set its sights on Akron vs ...

Akron hasn’t had a winning season since 2015, and Arth and company would have to shock the country in a showdown with the 10th-ranked Buckeyes in order to avoid starting 1-3 in 2021.