What ten games appear to be the best bets and the best point total picks going into Week 10? Here you go. Enjoy.
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10. Ohio State at Rutgers
Point Total: 64.5
PICK: Under
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Three parts to this to make the under happen.
1) Ohio State’s defense let up just a wee bit in last week’s 38-25 win over Penn State. It’s going to have no problem against a Rutgers team that scored a bit in the first two weeks, but the yards aren’t there.
2) OSU head coach Ryan Day felt bad after his team scored a late touchdown against Nebraska and apologized to Scott Frost. He’s not going to run up the score on Greg Schiano.
3) The Rutgers D is just good enough to come up with a few takeaways to keep Ohio State’s O from putting up astronomical numbers. However, the attack will be just fine. Remember, though, 48-14 is an under.
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9. Kansas at Oklahoma
Point Total: 63.5
PICK: Over
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Oklahoma 62, Texas Tech 28. That was last week.
You always like the over if one side can take care of most of the work by itself.
The Kansas defense hasn’t done much of anything, allowing 47 or more in four of the last five games and 107 combined in the last two games. The Sooners are still trying to get everything going with the O, and that should mean 50+ points against the Jayhawks.
Kansas will oblige with a courtesy score or two, but demand the Sooners score 64.
8. Iowa State at Baylor
Point Total: 47.5
PICK: Over
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This is mostly about Iowa State.
The Cyclone offense is getting a huge year out of RB Breece Hall, and QB Brock Purdy is overdue to light it up. Even with the inconsistencies, the Cyclones have scored 31 or more in four of the five Big 12 games it played in so far. Even the game when the O didn’t score much, it was a 24-21 loss to Oklahoma State.
Baylor has allowed 27 points in each of the last three Big 12 games, but can it score enough to get this thing to 48? It should hit around 24 against against an okay Cyclone D.
7. Michigan State at Iowa
Point Total: 46.5
PICK: Over
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Michigan State scored 27 in the opener against Rutgers and 27 again in last week’s stunner over Michigan. So start there and assume the Spartans will be around … 27. However, even though the points haven’t been gushing, the yards haven’t been bad. MSU will move the ball.
You’re a little concerned here that MSU’s defense isn’t bad – it stuffed Michigan and owned Rutgers, at least yardage-wise – and the two Iowa games went 24-20 and 21-20.
In Week 3, Iowa should be a bit sharper and score a bit more than 20. Yeah, you’ll have to sweat it out, but 46.5 isn’t asking for the world.
6. WKU at Florida Atlantic
Point Total: 38.5
PICK: Over
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If you read this once in a while, you know there’s a threshold when it comes to taking the over around the mid-70s – just don’t. Too many things have to go right for that to happen.
Don’t take unders in college football if they’re around the 30s. Even in a game with the most offensively-challenged teams, one could take care of it all by itself.
All of this pretentious hoo-ha flies in the face of WKU reality. Again, if you read this once in a while, you know that you always, always, always go under on a Hilltopper team that has zero interest in scoring.
WKU has failed to score more than 14 in any of its last four games, and hasn’t scored more than 24 in any of its last seven as a program.
Florida Atlantic isn’t burning it up, either – all three of its games so far failed to get to 40. However, it scored 24 against UTSA and 21 against Charlotte.
It’s just a sad little 38.5 total. Make it feel better and take the over.
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5. Nebraska at Northwestern
Point Total: 54
PICK: Under
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Northwestern has an offense again. It might not be anything you’d think of as special, but it’s functional.
It actually was special against a Maryland team that didn’t show up in the 43-3 opener. It was ugly, there was a ton of Wildcat offense, and the total combined points were 46.
Last week, the offense didn’t get going until late against Iowa in a 21-20 win. The D was excellent, the offense did what it had to do, and Northwestern had a 2-0 start.
While all that was happening in Iowa City, Nebraska was taking the week off and resting up.
The Husker offense didn’t look all that bad in the opener against Ohio State, but it only scored 17.
In this, both offenses can work just fine and still not come close to playing in the 30s.
NEXT: Fresno State at UNLV
4. Fresno State at UNLV
Point Total: 58
PICK: Under
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San Diego State has a decent offense, and only put up 34 points against UNLV. Nevada’s dangerous attack that scored 37 on Wyoming to open the season added another 37 to UNLV last week.
The Rebels haven’t been great so far in the first two games, but the defense hasn’t been totally destroyed. Meanwhile, the offense has barely shown up, doing nothing in the first half against the Aztecs and scoring 25 total in the first two games.
Eventually the Fresno State offense will start to be fantastic. It was strong in last week’s easy win over Colorado State, but it scored just 38 in the blowout after scoring 19 against Hawaii.
Basically, neither one of these two have looked ready to get into a 44-41 firefight. Fresno State will be in the low 30s, and UNLV will struggle to get past 17.
NEXT: Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
3. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
Point Total: 45
PICK: Under
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The first one to score 1 single point wins?
This is one of those batting cases of doing things the right way. If it doesn’t work out, it’s not your fault – you’re making the technically correct call.
Vanderbilt just doesn’t score, coming up with just 47 points on the year. How bad is the Commodore attack? It put up seven on LSU and a mere 21 on Ole Miss – you have to work to be that mediocre.
The concern is a defense that allowed 41 points or more in each of the last three games. That’s where Mississippi State comes in.
Again, if this doesn’t go right, it’s not on you – the Mike Leach offense will someday be amazing again.
The Bulldog passing attack really, really, really isn’t working, and there’s no ground game to rely on. The offense has scored a grand total of 30 points in the last four games and no more than 14 in any of those.
The other positive for the under is the Bulldog D that’s second overall in the SEC. Vanderbilt will be kept to around 14 points, Mississippi State will struggle to get past 20.
NEXT: Troy at Georgia Southern
2. Troy at Georgia Southern
Point Total: 52
PICK: Over
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Georgia Southern games haven’t been crazy scoring-fests.
The Eagles hold on to the ball for long periods of time, run a lot, and they shorten the game. The 35-30 win over a bad ULM team was the only time one of its games went over 52 combined points.
And then there’s Troy.
The defense hasn’t been bad, and the offense has managed 31 points or more in every game but the 48-7 loss to BYU – that game went past the 52-point mark. In fact, every game but last week’s 38-10 win over Arkansas State went over 52.
Troy is going to score close to 28. To keep up, either Georgia Southern will score 30ish and win, or around 27isn and lose.
NEXT: Washington State at Oregon State
1. Washington State at Oregon State
Point Total: 63.5
PICK: Over
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Call this a wish.
Last year’s 54-53 Washington State win over Oregon State was a blast, but that’s what this series does.
The Cougars were great in a 56-37 win over the Beavers in 2018, the two teams put up 77 in 2017, 68 in 2016, and 83 in 2015.
In 2012, Wazzu beat Oregon State 19-6. The next seven meetings after that obliterated the 63.5 mark.
Oregon State’s defense isn’t going to be awful, but it’s not going to be any sort of brick wall. Washington State new head coach Nick Rolovich is cranking up the run-n-shoot, and while there’s a chance it needs time to get in sync, nah.
At 63.5 you’re only looking for a 34-31ish type of game.
Pac-12 fans deserve that in the first half.
