USC vs. Washington point out: Betting odds, lines, picks and predictions

Las Vegas sportsbooks have the sixth-rated USC Trojans (5-, 3- in the Pac-12) as 13-position favorites as they host the Washington State Cougars (4-1, 1-1) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Coliseum.

The Trojans are undefeated on the scoreboards, but they are just 3-2 versus the unfold on the betting boards as they are coming off a 42-25 win from Arizona Condition in which they failed to protect as 24½-issue favorites, and that followed a 17-14 win at Oregon Condition when they ended up 5½-level faves.

Initial-12 months coach Lincoln Riley’s offense is averaging 42.2 factors with the Oregon Condition video game the only one in which quarterback Caleb Williams & Co. didn’t rating at the very least 40 factors. On paper, the Trojans should really be able to win this recreation and keep on their march toward the Pac-12 championship match, but the dilemma with laying this several factors is that even though USC will almost certainly be up by two touchdowns at some place, will they be in a position to hold on for the address?

The Cougars’ strength is their defensive line, which can implement strain to Williams, moreover it’ll be tough for USC to operate the ball.

Nevertheless, this line opened at USC -10 and -10½ at a few of Las Vegas publications and early bettors had been deterred from laying the points to push it to the recent line (as of Thursday early morning) of the Trojans -13. At that line, 59% of the bets are even now on the USC at DraftKings whilst 52% of the income is on Washington Condition. For the most up-to-day betting traits, see VSiN’s CFB betting splits web page.

It is not normally easy to handicap turnovers in a football match (as they can be random with the bounce of the soccer), but the Cougars have turned the ball over at the very least twice in each and every of their five games, and the Trojans D has demonstrated the means to get takeaways with 4 in the Oregon Point out video game that were the essential in their hardest check so much. If those tendencies continue, that would be the important to USC’s get and protect.

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