College Football Betting – Stanford vs. Arizona
Stanford Cardinal (4-2 SU & ATS) at Arizona Wildcats (3-2 SU, 1-3 ATS)
Saturday, October 17 – 7:30 PM ET
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
BetUS College Football Betting Odds: ARIZONA -4.5, Total 53
Here are some of the college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST NCAA FOOTBALL WEEK 7 GAMBLING PICKS!! —–>
STAN has covered seven of its last ten games
STAN has won four of its last six games SU
STAN has covered three of its last 12 road games
STAN has lost six of its last seven road games SU 
STAN has played seven of its last ten road games OVER the total
ARIZ has won five of its last seven games SU
ARIZ has won ten of its last 12 home games SU
Also….
STAN has won and covered five of the last six meetings
The last five meetings have gone UNDER the total
STAN has won the last five meetings SU as the road team
STAN has covered the last four meetings as the road team
Arizona absolutely snatched defeat from the jaws of victory last week. The Wildcats had taken a lead of 33-21 with just 4:22 left, but within two minutes had blown that lead completely, giving up a 25-yard touchdown pass by Jake Locker, than a TD return of a Nick Foles interception. That blew it for Arizona in that college football betting decision.
Foles was gallant, completing 39 of 53 passes for 384 yards, but he did suffer his first two INT’s of the year in that game. He had no running attack, which was a disappointment. Nic Grigsby could have supplied it, but he is suffering the effects of a shoulder injury and he had only five carries last week.
Keola Antolin, who has ankle injury, is also uncertain. This is a problem for this team in this college football betting matchup, because Grigsby in particular was a guy who had averaged eight yards a carry going into last week’s game.
There is no such problem with the Cardinal. With Toby Gerhart, who leads the nation with 746 rushing yards and has scored ten TD’s on the ground, Stanford has its go-to guy at the position, although it won’t be a cakewalk against Arizona’s defensive line.
Success by Stanford in its ground forces takes a lot of pressure off Andrew Luck, the freshman who has held steady if not spectacular for coach Jim Harbaugh, throwing just two interceptions in 133 attempts. Luck was ineffective against Oregon State last week, going just 12 of 30, and had to throw a lot more than usual, considering his team was down 31-7 at the half.
Let’s not forget about the special teams exploits of Chris Owusu, who has been spectacular with 40 yards a kickoff return and three touchdowns. This Stanford team has not shown much when traveling (other than a win at punchless Washington State), so it’s somewhat risky to expect that they can come back strongly after that defeat to Oregon State. However, they have covered on four straight trips to Tucson, and the injuries, as mentioned, make Arizona more one-dimensional. Let’s grab the points with Stanford, the 4.5-point underdog in the BetUS NCAA college football betting odds.
OUR PLAY: STANFORD +4.5 ***
