5 Best College Football Predictions Against The Spread: Week 1 Thursday

What games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread for the Thursday games of Week 1 of the college football season?

4. Eastern Washington at UNLV

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ATS PICK: Eastern Washington

If you can really get Eastern Washington and 11 points, pounce.

If you can really get Eastern Washington on the Money Line, give it a try because there could be an outright upset here.

The Eagles have a high-powered offense with a passing attack that averaged close to 350 yards per game in the spring session. Now it gets to bomb away on an experienced – but suspect – Rebel D.

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UNLV has yet to come up with a win under head coach Marcus Arroyo, going 0-6 last year losing every game by 17 points or more. The all-Mountain West slate wasn’t a breeze, but it’s not like the Rebels were playing in the SEC West.

When was the last time UNLV won a game by 11 points? It was the shocker over Vanderbilt in the middle of 2019, and it rolled a bad Southern Utah to start that season, but Eastern Washington has too much of an offense not to keep up.

Okay, enough of the FBS vs. FCS hoo-ha …

NEXT: No. 3 Pick Against The Spread: USF at NC State