College Football Week 6 Betting Odds, Picks, and Trends

Another season of college football is upon us, and in addition to covering DFS as well as

PrizePicks, I will be releasing a couple of weekly betting articles. The purpose of this writeup is to highlight some of my favorite college football games to bet on, give you my reasoning for picking said game and to direct you to the site with the softest line.

Let’s take a look below at my favorite spots to attack for Week 6.

Washington Huskies vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

4 p.m. ET Saturday
Washington -14, O/U 57, DraftKings Sportsbook

The Huskies missed the mark in the first real test of the season in a 40-32 loss on the road to UCLA. The offense continued its torrid pace though, as QB Michael Penix threw for 345 yards and 4 TDs while receivers Rome Odunze (8-116-2), Jalen McMillan (6-61-1) and Devin Culp (4-29-1) all contributed heavily. The offense can be expected to do their part but it’s the defense that will have to figure out how to make key stops throughout the game. The Huskies are 57th in opponent scoring giving up a manageable 23.2 points per game and around 341.4 total yards per game. They’ve given up just 4 rushing touchdowns this season but have yielded 10 scores through the air, as it’s the secondary that is their definitive weak link.

The strength of the Sun Devils offense is certainly their running game as they deploy dual-threat QB Emory Jones and Wyoming transfer RB Xazavian Valladay. ASU is ranked 104th in Division 1 at 344.6 yards per game with only 212.2 of that coming from the passing game. The Huskies secondary has given up big games to Tanner McKee (286 yards/3 TDs), Payton Thorne (323 yards/3 TDs) and Dorian Thompson-Robinson (315 yards/3 TDs). That might seem frightening, but Emory Jones hasn’t thrown for 300 yards in a game yet and this could finally be the game where the Huskies defense rights the ship as far as yardage allowed.

History isn’t exactly on the Huskies side as they haven’t registered a road victory against the Sun Devils in 21 years, but these are two teams trending in opposite directions which makes me lean towards the Dawgs and the points.

Betting Trends

Washington is 4-1 against the spread this season, all as favorites.
Washington is 4-0-1 to the over this season when it comes to totals.

Best Bet

Washington -14 & OVER 57 Total Points

Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma Sooners

12 p.m. ET Saturday
Texas -7, O/U 65, DraftKings Sportsbook

The Red River Shootout is typically one of the most anticipated rivalry games each year, but this is the first time in over 20 years that neither team is ranked, which takes away some of the shine. The Sooners are also coming in with question marks at quarterback after starter Dillon Gabriel took a dirty hit that knocked him out of last week’s game, which turned into a devastating loss to TCU. Oklahoma’s defense has been left searching for answers as they gave up 307 yards through the air and 361 on the ground to the Horned Frogs. They have given up almost 200 yards per gameon the ground this season which means Texas RB Bijan Robinson has to be licking his chops for this matchup.

Texas may get starting QB Quinn Ewers back but even if they don’t, it’s not as if Hudson Card can’t move the ball. In a 38-20 win over West Virginia last week, Card threw for 303 yards and 3 scores. With the Sooners giving up almost 9 yards per carry last week there is simply no way they can be expected to contain Heisman hopeful Bijan Robinson, a player that comes in with 515 yards and a YPC of 5.9.