UCLA vs Oregon Prediction, Game Preview

UCLA vs Oregon game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

UCLA vs Oregon prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Saturday, October 22


UCLA vs Oregon How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
How To Watch: FOX
Record: UCLA (6-0), Oregon (5-1)
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UCLA vs Oregon Game Preview

Why UCLA Will Win

The offensive line is good enough to pound away on the Oregon defensive front. Start with that, keep the most efficient passing game in the Pac-12 going, and then turn it over to the league’s best defense.

It took a few years to get to this point, but UCLA is physical enough to hammer away for well over five yards per carry. Only one team has been able to do that against the Oregon D so far, and ast it turns out, Georgia is pretty good.

If you’re averaging five yards per carry running on Washington and Utah like UCLA did, you know how to get nasty up front.

There’s nothing soft about this Bruin team. It’s tough on the defensive line, it’s great at taking the ball away in bunches, and it’s not getting punched by anyone’s ground game.

But …

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Why Oregon Will Win

Finally, UCLA has to leave the friendly confines of the Rose Bowl. It had to go on just one road game so far, and playing at Colorado hardly counts.

Oregon has found its offensive groove since the disaster against Georgia to open the season, averaging almost 50 points per game since.

UCLA’s run defense has been wonderful – it held up against Utah – but it hasn’t faced a ground game that can do what the Ducks can. It leads the Pac-12 with a wonderful group of sophomore backs helped by the mobility of QB Bo Nix.

Yes, UCLA has a versatile offense, and yes, Dorian Thompson-Robinson can get hot and push for 300 yards, but that’s baked into the plan. Oregon is used to getting bombed on by teams trying to keep up the pace, and everything turns out fine.

However …

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What’s Going To Happen

UCLA really is that good.

The offensive line has been fantastic, the defense has held up when it matters, and the talent is in place to be a true threat to not just win the Pac-12 title, but get to the College Football Playoff.

But it’ll have to go 12-1 to do it.

The Oregon defensive front will get to Thompson-Robinson in a few key spots, and the offensive line that allowed just one sack so far will keep Bo Nix clean enough to get the attack moving.

This will be a blast of a back-and-forth fight with a whole lot of mood and momentum swings. At home, Oregon will take over in the last ten minutes to look like the team to beat in the Pac-12.

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UCLA vs Oregon Prediction, Line

Oregon 38, UCLA 34
Line: Oregon -6, o/u: 71
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
UCLA vs Oregon Must See Rating (out of 5): 5
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Results So Far
Straight Up 43-13, ATS 28-28, o/u 25-31

Saturday, October 22

UCLA at Oregon

3:30 FOX
Line: Oregon -6, o/u: 71

Arizona State at Stanford

4:00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Stanford -2.5, o/u: 54.5

Colorado at Oregon State

8:00 Pac-12 Network
Line: Oregon State -23.5, o/u: 48.5

Washington at Cal

10:30 ESPN
Line: Washington -7.5, o/u: 56.5

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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
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Georgia St at App St | Virginia at Ga Tech
Troy at South Alabama | Tulsa at Temple
UAB at WKU | Iowa at Ohio State
Syracuse at Clemson | Cincinnati at SMU
Kansas at Baylor | UNLV at Notre Dame
Ole Miss at LSU | UCLA at Oregon
Texas at Ok State | BC at Wake Forest
BYU at Liberty | Purdue at Wisconsin
Miss State at Alabama | Minnesota at Penn St
Texas A&M at South Carolina | Kansas St at TCU
Washington at Cal | SDSU at Nevada
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Georgia State at Appalachian State

Line: Appalachian State -10, o/u: 59

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: App State
Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: App State
Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com: App State
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: App State*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: App State*
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: App State*
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: App State*
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: App State
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com App State*
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: App State*
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN App State*
E, CFN App State*
Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com App State
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com App State*
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: App State
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: App State*
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: App State*
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: App State
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Georgia State
CONSENSUS PICK: App State*

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