Buffalo vs. Kent State Odds & Betting Predictions - September 13, 2025

Kent State defense desd last against the Rush, outside top 100 in def pass explosives. TaQuan Roberson and Buffalo offense top 20 pass explosives and finishing drives

I faded Akron, how about we unload on another piss poor MAC team? Bill Connelly’s massive CFB ranking from Oregon at #1 to Oberlin at #766, it places Kent State 190th. That means multiple D2 teams like Ferris State, Harding, Grand Valley State are above them. Hell, North Central out of Illinois, a D3 is only 16 spots behind the Golden Flashes. Offense won’t be able to run against Buffalo, like they’d be lucky to get 40 yards on the ground. Which shifts all the pressure over to their two-QB system of Dru DeShields and CJ Montes. It’s been all boom or bust for the Flashes through the air, and what I like is that Pete Lembo and his DC Joe Bowen talked a ton in the offseason about limited aerial explosives. They were below average in that regard last year, and they looked significantly improved through two games. Because if you walk those safeties back, play 2 high safeties all game, Kent doesn’t have the run game or efficiency to go on 10 play scoring drives. Offensively, Buffalo got to fully unleash Roberson as a dual threat last week, and I expect more that. They beat Kent 43-7 last year at home, and the running game did the dirty work. That’lll be the same formula here, only difference is that Roberson is even better as a runner than Ogbonna was last time. I’ll say Buffalo 42-10 in a snoozer on the road.

DK. This buffalo defense is nasty. Kent state scored some garbage time TDs late but were down 55-0 against TTU and weren’t moving it when it mattered. Buffalo ground game should eat Kent state alive here. Lower scoring. 31-6 type game.