The Pac-12 has outperformed the Huge 12 on the sphere this season, inserting extra groups within the Faculty Soccer Playoff rankings and producing extra severe contenders for the CFP.
However the Huge 12 owns a bonus in a single regard: Its finest groups towards the purpose unfold have fared barely higher than the Pac-12’s finest.
Whereas the Oregon colleges are atop the Pac-12 with 7-2 data towards the quantity (particulars beneath), two Huge 12 groups, Kansas and TCU, are 7-1-1.
Just one main school group owns a greater mark towards the unfold this season: Tulane — sure, Tulane — has lined in eight of its 9 video games.
For gamblers who've taken benefit of Tulane’s shocking success, the Inexperienced Wave has, the truth is, produced a inexperienced wave.
Listed below are data towards the unfold for every Pac-12 group, in line with teamrankings.com:
7-2: Oregon and Oregon State
6-3: UCLA and WSU
5-4: Arizona, Cal, USC and Utah
4-5: ASU and Washington
2-7: Colorado and Stanford
To the main points for Week 11 …
Strains from BetMGM
Tendencies from oddsshark.com and Phil Steele’s Faculty Soccer 2022
Colorado at USC (Friday)
Line: USC -34.5 (whole: 64.5)
Remark: The Buffaloes are woeful in each regard and have did not cowl a number of monumental spreads this season, together with the 31.5-point line in Week 10 towards Oregon. However as we noticed with USC just a few days in the past, focus can simply wane on protection. (Cal scored 21 factors within the fourth quarter.) With UCLA mendacity in wait, the Trojans may flip their ideas to the Nov. 19 crosstown showdown if they're comfortably forward within the second half, creating the chance for CU to execute the backdoor cowl.
Arizona State at Washington State
Line: Washington State -8.5 (whole: 56.5)
Remark: A reasonably low whole that displays WSU’s stout protection: The Below has been the proper name in eight of its previous 10 video games. The Cougars pummeled ASU in one of the shocking outcomes of 2021, profitable by two touchdowns as a 16-point underdog. That is ASU’s first journey to Pullman in seven years, making it a brand new and distinctive expertise for the gamers. It is going to be 70 and sunny in Tempe once they depart campus on Friday afternoon. For the 12:30 p.m. kickoff, the excessive can be within the low 30s.
Stanford at Utah
Line: Utah -23.5 (whole: 52.5)
Remark: The overall feels low on condition that Utah scored 52 towards Stanford final 12 months and that the Cardinal simply gave up 52 to Washington State over the weekend. However we don't know how the guests will handle greater than 10 or 14 factors, so any easing up by the Utes within the second half may convey the Below into play. Stanford has did not cowl in 12 of its previous 14 video games total and the previous 5 towards Utah. The hosts sometimes get higher because the season unfolds, which helps clarify why they've lined eight of their final 11 video games in November. Forecast for Salt Lake Metropolis: 38 levels and dry.
Cal at Oregon State
Line: OSU -13.5 (whole: 49.5)
Remark: An understandably low whole given OSU’s stout protection and reliance on the operating recreation, plus a Cal offense that may battle with the very best of ’em. The Bears haven't received outdoors the Bay Space for the reason that finish of the 2019 season, a stretch that features abysmal losses to Arizona final 12 months and Colorado this 12 months. One thing has to offer: Cal coach Justin Wilcox is 16-6 towards the unfold as a street underdog; his counterpart, OSU’s Jonathan Smith, has lined the quantity in 10 consecutive residence video games. The underdog has received the previous three matchups outright.
Washington at Oregon
Line: Oregon -13.5 (whole: 69.5)
Remark: The marquee recreation of Week 11 incorporates a lopsided rivalry, with Oregon profitable 15 of the previous 17 collisions. That is the most important level unfold within the sequence for the reason that Huskies have been favored by 17 factors in 2017 — and received by 35. Washington has did not cowl the unfold in its previous 5 video games this season and in eight of its previous 9 video games on the street. In the meantime, the Geese have lined their final 5 (residence or street), with the Over being the proper name of their previous 5 in Autzen Stadium. Oregon averages 43.1 factors per recreation; the Huskies common 38.6. Forecast for Eugene: 50 levels with a 20 p.c probability of rain.
Arizona at UCLA
Line: UCLA -19.5 (whole: 77.5)
Remark: One of many highest totals of the season within the Pac-12, and for good cause: The Bruins are a powerhouse offense with a wobbly protection, whereas the Wildcats possess a stable offense and terrible protection. (They've allowed at the very least 45 factors in all 5 convention losses.) Arizona typically performs effectively in Los Angeles, whether or not it’s the Rose Bowl or Coliseum, however we marvel about its bodily situation one week after going through Utah’s punishing model of play. The Bruins have lined the unfold of their previous seven video games performed in November. However this can be a main look-ahead state of affairs with USC subsequent week.
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