Free Week 1 Prediction: Aztecs vs Cardinal Odds
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College Football Handicapping: Week 1
(0-0) San Diego State Aztecs vs. Stanford Cardinals (0-0)
Date: Friday, August 31st 2018
Time: 9:00 pm EST
Venue: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
NCAA Football Spread: Stanford -14
NCAA Betting Total: 49
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The Stanford Cardinal will play host to the San Diego State Aztecs as they look to extract revenge from last year when they fell to the Aztecs on they’re home turf, 17-20.
Stanford opened up has -14.5 point favorites while the line has remained pretty steady as the spread currently sits at -14 with about 60% of the public backing Stanford.
The total opened up at 53 points and has since dropped down to 49 points.
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San Diego State Aztecs
San Diego State will be looking to build upon another solid season of going 10-3 (8-5 ATS) under head coach Rocky Long.
Seven offensive starters will be returning to for the Aztecs who averaged 400 YPG a year ago.
Their offense will be led by Senior quarterback Christian Chapman who posted a 13:4 TD to INT ratio and averaged 144.1 PYG a year ago.
The strength of this offense will be there rushing attack, although they will have to replace RB the very productive Rashaad Penny (2,248 rushing yard).
The good thing is they are returning their whole offensive line.
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On the defensive side San Diego State will be returning seven starters, five of which were their top-tacklers from a year ago.
Their defense ranked 11th in the nation in total yards per game (314.5 YPG) a year ago.
Stanford Cardinal
Stanford has their sights set high this season as they look to improve upon a 9-5 (7-7 ATS) record from a season ago in which they were able to reach the Pac-12 championship game, but was tagged with the loss in 28-31 defeat to USC.
Their five losses were all closely contested as four of the five defeats came by a total of 11 points.
On the offensive side they will be returning nine starters including QB K.J. Costello who posted a 14:4 TD to INT ratio.
Even better they will be returning their all-star RB Bryce love who posted 2,118 rushing yards, while this year he’ll be working with a good slate of health.
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They’ll also be returning three offensive linemen and will have all their starting receivers back.
On the defensive side, which is usually the strong-point of Cardinal teams, they will be returning six starters from a defense that ranked 76th in total defense (405.1 YPG) a year ago.
The issue is they will have to replace four of their top-six tacklers from a year ago.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Under is 6-2 in SDSU last 8 Fri. games.
- SDSU are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 vs. Pac-12.
- STAN are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Fri. games.
- Under is 7-3 in STAN last 10 games overall.
Free Week 1 NCAA Football Pick
San Diego pulls off the upset on the road against Stanford.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: San Diego State +14 & OVER 49
This game should be dominated by the run game, while the pass game could be a bit conservative against these two defenses.
Stanford did post a 6-0 (4-2 ATS) record at home last year, but San Diego State was solid on the road posting a 5-1 (5-1 ATS) on the road.
Last year San Diego State out gained Stanford 359-254 as they were able to win outright as eight-point dogs.
I don’t expect that number to be as lopsided this year, but this should be another close contest as these teams offenses score enough points to eclipse the total.
Even though San Diego State is on the road this time around, this should be another close contest by these veteran-laden squads as they look to set the tone for their respective seasons.
Week 1 Free Score Prediction: San Diego State 27 – Stanford 24
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