The No. 3 Oregon Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) head to The Farm to play the Stanford Cardinal (2-2, 1-1) at Stanford Stadium this Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Oregon at Stanford odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
Oregon has that high-profile win at Ohio State under its belt, but the Ducks have played down to their competition as heavy favorites in each of the last two weeks (48-7 vs. Stony Brook as a 42-point favorite; 41-19 vs. Arizona as a 29.5-point favorite).
QB Anthony Brown hasn’t been explosive—he’s averaging 7.9 yards per attempt—but he’s thrown 7 TDs without an interception this season while the Ducks are rushing for more than 200 yards per game.
Similar to Brown, Stanford QB Tanner McKee has been a low-risk, low-ceiling signal caller with an 8-0 TD/INT ratio. The Cardinal defense is banged up, and it showed in its 35-24 loss to UCLA last week, giving up 467 total yards against the Bruins.
Oregon at Stanford odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Oregon -300 (bet $300 to win $100) | Stanford +230 (bet $100 to win $230)
- Against the spread (ATS): Oregon -7.5 (-108) | Stanford +7.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 57.5 (O: -112 | U: -108)
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Oregon at Stanford odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Oregon 34, Stanford 21
Money line
Oregon has won the last two games of this series (21-6 in 2019; 35-14 in 2020) and likely makes it a third, but there’s too much risk at -300 to bet the money line. PASS and target the spread instead.
Against the spread
Stanford likely enters this game without its top three running backs and a starting offensive guard, linebacker, and cornerback. The Cardinal run defense was exposed last week against UCLA and faces an even tougher test with Oregon’s running game.
Take a much more talented OREGON -7.5 (108) team to cover on the road and win its third straight in the series.
Over/Under
Both teams are an even 2-2 on the Over/Under this year. Both offenses like to chew up clock with their conservative, ball-control philosophies and points will be hard to come by for a beat-up Stanford offense.
We’re leaning UNDER 57.5 (-108) on a relatively high number in this one.
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