Free NCAA Football Prediction: USC vs. Arizona Odds
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College Football Handicapping Analysis: USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats
USC Trojans (6-1) vs. Arizona Wildcats (3-4)
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm EST
Venue: Arizona Stadium
NCAA Football ATS Spread Odds: Trojans -15.5 / Arizona +15.5 (Bet Now!)
NCAA Football Moneyline Odds: Trojans -751 / Arizona +500
NCAA Betting Total Odds: O/U 76.5
USC enters this contest as the No. 10 team in the country after a heartbreaking 43-42 loss to Utah. The Utes were the No. 20 team in the country (they now rank No. 14), while USC was No. 7.
USC had been previously undefeated before that loss.
Arizona comes into Week 9 having lost two straight to the Oregon Ducks, and then the Washington Huskies most recently. The Wildcats gave up 49 points in each of those outings and have been one of the worst teams in the nation all season giving up points to opponents.
USC Trojans
The Trojans were 3.5-point underdogs going into that harsh road environment in Salt Lake City, but it didn’t make their one-point loss any less difficult to accept. USC gave up a touchdown with 48 seconds to go, and Utah, instead of tying it with an extra point, absolutely flexed on the Trojans with a succesful two-point conversion to claim the game’s final lead change.
USC can’t let that derail its season. The calculus to make the playoffs has changed, but the Trojans are a team that has looked worth of their ranking all year.
A one-point road loss where you beat the spread against a top-20 team isn’t the type of L that sends you the wrong direction—it’s the type that re-motivates and wakes you up for a late-season run.
On the year, the Trojans are scoring 40.4 points per game, which is good enough for 17th this season.
Defensively, USC gives up 22.1 points per game, a number that slots them in the 41st position.
Arizona Wildcats
I already teased it, so let’s dive right in.
The Wildcats are not a good defensive team. They’re not a good offensive team, either, but at least the offense has shown some flashes throughout the year.
On the season, Arizona is giving up 36.3 points per game. That number is only good enough for a 124th spot in the rankings. In losses, this group gave up 39 to Mississippi State and almost unbelievably 49 to each of Washington, Oregon and the California Golden Bears.
Offensively, the Wildcats really aren’t making up any of the difference. On the year, they’re scoring 31.9 points per game—a number that puts them in a tie for 90th with Pitt.
The ground is where this team lacks any sort of production and the air is where we’ve seen any sort of consistency, not to mention some real flashes. On the season, Arizona is collecting just 131.6 yards per game rushing and and admittedly impressive 334.4 yards per game passing. Those numbers are good enough for 93rd and fifth in the nation, respectively.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Trojans are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games on grass.
- Trojans are 5-7 ATS overall this season.
- Wildcats are 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games following a bye week.
- Wildcats are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
4* Free USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats NCAA Betting Final Analysis:
If Arizona had any semblance of a defense I’d be tempted to pick the Wildcats to cover a large spread. Same applies if the Trojans felt like a team that had just been exposed as fraud, not simply on the wrong side of arguably the Game of the Week.
But those things don’t apply here. USC is far superior to Arizona, and that will be clear early and often in this one.
Trojans win big.
4* Free USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats NCAA Betting Pick: USC -15.5
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