School soccer odds Week 9: Greatest bets for Ohio State-Penn State, Oregon-Cal

Sam Panayotovich

FOX Sports activities Betting Analyst

By Sam Panayotovich
Playing Analyst

It has been a cold October round these elements.

That stated, our greatest bets (19-15 YTD) are nonetheless within the inexperienced, and I’m rolling with 5 performs over the following few days. This house isn’t the place for one million picks or five-team parlays, both. These are the video games I really like essentially the most.

Let’s go to work with odds courtesy of FOX Wager.

Toledo Rockets at Japanese Michigan Eagles (Midday ET Saturday, ESPN U)

I don’t count on Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn to play.

Finn took a shot to the pinnacle on the finish of final Saturday’s recreation, and Rockets head coach Jason Candle has been reasonably tight-lipped about his standing. As we’ve discovered over the previous couple of years, concussions are a really critical concern on the collegiate degree, and it’s greater than honest to assume Finn gained’t go.   

Finn is well among the best quarterbacks within the MAC, and oddsmakers inform me he’s price round 4 factors to the betting line. And even that sounds conservative when you think about freshman Tucker Gleason will seemingly begin.  

Assuming Finn doesn’t get cleared, this line will crash, so I’m greater than okay taking virtually a landing with the house workforce proper now.

PICK: Japanese Michigan (+6.5 at FOX Wager) to lose by fewer than 6.5 factors (or win outright)

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State (Midday ET Saturday, FOX and FOX Sports activities App)

It says so much that oddsmakers opened the Buckeyes as over two-touchdown favorites in Joyful Valley. That’s big-time respect for Ohio State behind the counter. 

OSU’s offense has been unconscious the final 5 video games averaging over 56 factors a pop over that span. Heisman Trophy front-runner C.J. Stroud & Co. are the very best power-rated workforce within the nation per a number of oddsmakers, and no person can cease this scoring assault when it’s firing on all cylinders.

And don’t look now, however the Buckeye line of defense is rounding into type, too. These younger underclassmen within the trenches are getting higher and higher by the minute, which makes life simpler on the linebackers and secondary.

I just like the Buckeyes by three touchdowns.

PICK: Ohio State (-15.5 at FOX Wager) to win by greater than 15.5 factors

No. 8 Oregon at California (3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, FS1 and FOX Sports activities App)

The white-hot Geese are rolling, however this one gained’t be simple.

California’s protection is not any joke in any respect, and the Golden Bears will do their greatest to carry the warmth on Oregon quarterback Bo Nix. Justin Wilcox’s protection can be very stingy towards the run, permitting simply over 100 yards per recreation.

I'm involved about Oregon masking an enormous quantity away from dwelling towards an opponent that desires to sluggish the tempo. Cal needs completely no a part of a shootout as a result of the Bears don’t have the offensive personnel to go drive-for-drive down the sphere. A field-position recreation favors Cal.

Give me all these factors in a recreation totaled at 58.

PICK: Cal (+17 at FOX Wager) to lose by fewer than 17 factors (or win outright)

Giants at Seahawks (4:25 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX and FOX Sports activities App)

How lengthy can my Giants preserve this up?

As somebody holding a ticket on Over 7 regular-season wins, I can’t imagine they’ve gained six of their first seven soccer video games. That stated, the betting market nonetheless isn’t offered on New York on a week-to-week foundation, and FOX Wager is dealing them at 16-1 to win the NFC and 40-1 to win Tremendous Bowl LVII.  

Regression is coming ultimately, and I’m prepared to wager that it occurs this Sunday when the Giants journey throughout the continental United States to face the Seahawks within the Emerald Metropolis. Seattle’s surprisingly explosive offense ought to soar forward and pressure Daniel Jones & Co. to play from behind. Benefit: Hawks. 

Lay the factors.

PICK: Seahawks (-3 at FOX Wager) to win by greater than 3 factors

Cardinals at Vikings (1 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX and FOX Sports activities App)

I hate how a lot I really like Arizona on this spot.

The Cardinals are insanely profitable within the highway underdog position underneath Kliff Kingsbury. Based on Joe Osborne from Vegas Insider, the Birds are 15-3-2 towards the unfold (ATS) as a freeway pup underneath Kingsbury, and so they’ve gained eight straight on the moneyline. Sheesh.

I’m not an enormous developments individual, however I circled that one in pink Sharpie.

Minnesota’s protection has struggled towards cellular quarterbacks — Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, and so on.— and Kyler Murray ought to be capable to transfer the ball together with his arm and legs. Arizona’s offense can be beginning to spherical into type, with DeAndre Hopkins again from suspension.

I feel you need to take the factors with a really dwell highway canine.

PICK: Cardinals (+3.5 at FOX Wager) to lose by fewer than 3.5 factors (or win outright)

Sam Panayotovich is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports activities and NESN. He beforehand labored for WGN Radio, NBC Sports activities and VSiN. He'll most likely decide towards your favourite workforce. Comply with him on Twitter @spshoot.

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