The Missouri State Bears and Oklahoma State Cowboys meet Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and the game can be viewed on ESPN+. Below, we look at the Missouri State vs. Oklahoma State odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
The Bears lost three games last fall and then played six contests in the spring. Missouri State won its final four regular-season games in March and April, including a 27-24 win over South Dakota; however, the Bears were bounced by North Dakota in the FCS playoffs.
The Cowboys won eight of 11 games in the fall. They have some big shoes to fill with RB Chuba Hubbard and WR Tylan Wallace moving on to the NFL, but at least QB Spencer Sanders is back. True freshmen twins WRs Blaine and Bryson Green are two players to watch. WR Brennan Presley will also work to fill Wallace’s shoes.
Missouri State at Oklahoma State odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Missouri State +1700 (bet $100 to win $1,700) | Oklahoma State -100000 (bet $100,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Missouri State +37.5 (-105) | Oklahoma State -37.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 55.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Missouri State at Oklahoma State odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Oklahoma State 45, Missouri State 13
Money line
PASS on the hefty money line price for the favorite. A $100 bet would return a profit of just 10 cents.
Against the spread
MISSOURI STATE +37.5 (-105) is the lean here, as Oklahoma State is traditionally a slow-starting team. The Cowboys were sluggish in a 16-7 win over Tulsa in last season’s opener, and they won 52-36 at Oregon State to begin the 2019 campaign.
The last time OK State faced Missouri State, it won 58-17 as 45-point favorites in 2018, as the Over connected. This Cowboys team is a little less talented than those Cowboys teams of the past.
Over/Under
OVER 55.5 (-110) is the lean in the opener. Oklahoma State has a good chance of helping Over bettors to a victory, as it will be looking to pass early and often with Sanders, especially since Hubbard is gone and the Cowboys won’t be able to lean on the run game as heavily.
Over bettors love pass-first teams, as the clock doesn’t run as much.
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