Oregon vs Stanford NCAA Football Odds
Odds During the 2012 college football season, the Oregon Ducks had just one blemish on their entire remarkable campaign. A loss to the Stanford Cardinal prevented perfection—as well as a trip to the BCS National Championship—and the time has come for them to exact their revenge on the road during Week 11.
No. 3 Oregon (8-0, 5-0 Pac-12) @ No. 5 Stanford (7-1, 5-1 Pac-12)
Thursday, Nov. 7 9:00 PM ET @ Stanford Stadium
Spread: Oregon -10.5
O/U: OFF
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Oregon
Every week, it seems as if we hear about how the Ducks are about to face their first real challenge of the season. We heard it with Washington, we heard it with UCLA, and now we have good reason to hear it against with the Stanford Cardinal just around the corner.
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Entering Week 11, the Ducks have been leapt by the Florida State Seminoles for the No. 2 spot in the BCS. FSU has played a much tougher schedule up to this point in the year, but a win over the Cardinal would surely put Oregon back in the spot where most believe it belongs.
The trouble that the Ducks endured last year against Stanford was running between the tackles. It’s the same problem that has plagued them against bigger competition the past few seasons, and the hope this time around will be to make plays in space early to open up the game down the middle.
Defensively, Oregon is going up against a big team that, while not being elite in any one particular category, can put up some serious points when given the chance. It is coming off of back-to-back grind-it-out games against the UCLA Bruins and Oregon State Beavers, and it’ll be ready to show that it can win games both with its offense and its defense.
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Stanford
The Cardinal have a heavy task at hand when it comes to stopping the Oregon offense.
The Ducks are putting up the second-most points in the country at this point, and they’re doing it with a balanced attack.
What’s different about the Ducks’ strategy this season is that they are using the pass to set up the run, not the other way around. It used to be that they tried to run their opponents off the field from the start, but this season, they’re utilizing Heisman
Hopeful Marcus Mariota to open up the offense for the three-headed monster in De’Anthony Thomas, Byron Marshall and Thomas Tyner. The Cardinal must be willing to lock down receivers from the game’s opening snap, while also paying close attention to the backs and where they’re going on each and every zone read.
As good as Stanford has been this season, the edge here has to go to the Ducks.
Not only are they scoring 55.6 points per game, but they’re holding their opponents to 16.9—the seventh-best mark in the nation.
The Cardinal are just 2-9 SU in this matchup’s last 11 outings, and as much as home-field advantage can mean in a rivalry, Oregon is 4-1 SU in this matchup when played in Stanford Stadium.
The Ducks are 14-2 ATS in their last 16 games, and while Stanford will be their toughest competition to date, it’s tough to bet against them at this point in the process.
Prediction: Oregon 44 – Stanford 27
