The Wyoming Cowboys (5-4, 1-4 MWC) and Boise State Broncos (5-4, 3-2) meet for a Saturday 9 p.m. ET game at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Below, we look at the Wyoming vs. Boise State odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
Wyoming snapped a four-game losing skid with a 31-17 win over Colorado State last week. The Cowboys’ 31 points marked the team’s most since Sept. 18 as Wyoming scored a total of just 38 points during its losing skid. The Cowboys now travel to a venue where they have never won in seven visits.
The Broncos lost their last two home games but are 3-1 over their last four games overall. Boise State is coming off a 40-14 win at Fresno State where it was a four-point underdog but leveraged three Bulldogs turnovers and 91 penalty yards in the road conquest.
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Wyoming at Boise State odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Wyoming +420 (bet $100 to win $420) | Boise State -600 (bet $600 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Wyoming +13.5 (-107) | Boise State -13.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 48.5 (O: -105 | U: -120)
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Wyoming at Boise State odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Boise State 27, Wyoming 14
Money line
There is some lean toward the visiting Cowboys here, and the Smurf Turf magic of years gone by seems to have dissipated, but focus on the ATS play for the best value: PASS.
Against the spread
Last week Boise State managed a second straight ATS win for the first time in seven tries (1-5 in the previous six games following ATS victory).
The Cowboys are 6-1 ATS in their last seven meetings in Boise.
Negative turnover margins greased the skids of Wyoming’s recent four-game slide. The Cowboys were a combined minus-9 over games Oct. 16, Oct. 23, and Oct. 30.
Peg some lean toward UW’s offense and some fade on BSU’s when it comes to finishing drives — with analytics showing some discrepancies with how these teams move the ball in their own end, between the 30s, and beyond.
TAKE THE COWBOYS +13.5 (-107).
Over/Under
The Under is 5-1 in the last six meeting between these sides, and is 6-1 in the Broncos’ last seven MWC tilts.
The Broncos want to pass to leverage their 27th-ranked aerial attack (276.3 yards per game), but the Cowboys rank fourth in FBS in defending the pass (155.7 yards allowed per game). When Wyoming has the ball, it figures to utilize the ground game.
BACK THE UNDER 48.5 (-120).
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