Free College Football Picks – No. 3 Oregon Wants To Make Washington State ‘Duck for’ Cover

The Oregon Ducks looked about as impressive as a football team can look in Week 5, but nevertheless, they will try to duplicate their eye-opening performance from a week ago and avid BetOnline collegiate football gamblers will get a good idea of exactly what’s going to transpire thanks to my in-depth free college football betting breakdown on this big Pac-10 showdown.

The two longtime rivals will take to the gridiron at Martin Stadium on Saturday at 7:00 PM ET.

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Saturday, October 9, 7:00 PM ET

Live from Martin Stadium in Pullman, WA

Radio: Sirius 215 XM

NCAAF Odds

Oregon Ducks -36½ -110

Washington State Cougars +36½ -110

Over 70 -110

Under 70 -110

Here is a look at the key head-to-head trends surrounding this Pac-10 showdown.

• Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in Washington State.
• Over is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.
• Home team is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.

Oregon Ducks (5-0 SU, 4-1 ATS, 4-1 O/U)

• Ducks are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite.
• Ducks are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall.
• Ducks are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.
• Ducks are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games following an ATS win.
• Ducks are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 conference games.

Oregon came roaring back from a first half deficit to beat Stanford 52-31 last weekend. College pigskin gamblers didn’t need any free betting tips on the matchup as the Ducks cruised to an easy ATS cover as a 6.5-point home favorite.

Sophomore running back LaMichael James put on an absolutely phenomenal performance to lead the Ducks by rushing for a whopping 257 yards and three touchdowns while sophomore quarterback Darron Thomas added three TD passes – and two interceptions in the win.

Washington State Cougars (1-4 SU, 2-3 ATS, 5-0 O/U)

• Cougars are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games as a home underdog.
• Cougars are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games as an underdog.
• Cougars are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
• Cougars are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 conference games.
• Cougars are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games.

Washington State was handed a 42-28 loss by UCLA last Saturday but did manage to cover the college football betting picks odds as an enormous 23.5-point road underdog.

The Cougars got two td passes from quarterback Jeff Tuel but gave up three rushing scores to the Bruins’ Derrick Coleman in the loss.

Prediction: I know the Oregon Ducks are clearly the better team in this matchup and have a ton of key trends that are pointing to a solid win and ATS cover, but my free betting picks tip for this contest is to play the Washington State Cougars to cover the NCAAF lines with a bit of room to spare as I suspect the Oregon Ducks will come down just a bit from the high they’ve been riding for the past week.

I like the fact that the Home team has gone 4-1 ATS in their last five meetings and I think the Cougars will take advantage of the fact that Darron Thomas has thrown five interceptions this season, including two picks last week.

If you don’t like the Cougars to cover the spread as much as I do in, then I have another college football picks selection for this contest and that’s to play the Over to move to a spotless -0 in the last five meetings in Washington State and e-1 in the last eight meetings overall.

College Football Picks: Washington State +36½ Points/Over 70 Total Points