Best College Football Bets Week 9 | CFB Picks & Predictions

With so many games taking place each week in college football, it can be challenging to sift through the best bets to make.

Well, we’ve got you covered below. 

Let’s dig into this Week 9 college slate. 

Arizona vs. USC

Pick: USC -15 (-115) at DraftKings

The Trojans are an offense that is difficult to slow down, and the 118th-ranked school in the country, when it comes to yards allowed per game, isn’t going to be the one to do it.

At 15 points, this can be quite a lot for a total of 76, and USC allows about 382 yards per game. 

Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura has thrown for 400 yards or more three times this season and even has a six-touchdown game, but he does have 16 turnover-worthy plays, according to Pro Football Focus.

If de Laura gets into turnover trouble, that could be all USC needs to tear this one wide open. 

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Penn State vs. Ohio State

Pick: Penn State +15.5 (-115) at BetMGM

The Ohio State Buckeyes will look to make a case to become the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, but the No. 13 Nittany Lions won’t go quietly.

Don’t get it twisted: The Buckeyes will win.

However, the Buckeyes face a Penn State defense that has allowed just six passing touchdowns and 4.16 yards per carry.

The Buckeyes had trouble getting their ground game going last week in a blowout against the Iowa Hawkeyes. They have excellent receivers in Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Agbuka. They have Jaxon Smith-Njigba, but he’s been dealing with rough injuries all season. However, the Nittany Lions have some excellent coverage players in Joey Porter Jr. and Kalen King at outside cornerback. 

Up front, the Nittany Lions have edge rusher Chop Robinson and several above-average run defenders. 

The goal for Penn State in this game will be to run the ball—they average 178.4 yards per game—and keep Ohio State off the field. 

They should hang around if the Nittany Lions can contain the big plays down the sideline. They don’t have a good enough offense to win the game, but they could hang around.

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UConn vs. Boston College

Pick: Under 44.5 (-110) at Caesars or UConn +7.5 (-110) at Caesars

The total in this game is low at 44.5, but neither of these teams has shown anything all year to give hope to touchdowns getting scored here. 

Boston College has one of the worst offensive lines in the country, and their only playmaker is Zay Flowers. For UConn, they allow less than 240 passing yards per game. Eagles quarterback Phil Jurkovec has completed no more than 52.6% of his passes over the past two weeks. 

The Huskies will look to run the ball in this one, as they have two players with more than 60 carries this year. While BC allows 147 rushing yards per game, it doesn’t exactly breed a lot of confidence to see this game go over with two offenses that are one-dimensional. The defenses perform, at the very least, OK. 

It’s pretty amazing that the Eagles are laying more than a touchdown here, so you can bet either the under or UConn and the points. 

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