Oklahoma at BYU odds, picks and predictions
The Oklahoma Sooners (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) and BYU Cougars (5-5, 2-5) meet Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Oklahoma vs. BYU odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
Oklahoma suffered a pair of losses in consecutive weekends at Kansas and at Oklahoma State. It bounced back with a 59-20 beating of West Virginia, but it still has work to do, and it needs help to get to the Big 12 Championship Game. A win at BYU is obviously a must. The Sooners enter play just 1-3 against the spread (ATS) in the past 4 games overall.
BYU opened the season 5-2 straight up, and the transition to the Big 12 appeared to be going better than some of the other new entrants. However, the Cougars have been thumped in the past 3 weekends by Texas, West Virginia and Iowa State, losing each game by 29 or more points, going 0-3 ATS. The offense has dried up, totaling just 26 points, or 8.7 PPG during the span.
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Oklahoma at BYU odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 6:40 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Oklahoma -3000 (bet $3,000 to win $100) | BYU +1200 (bet $100 to win $1,200)
- Against the spread (ATS): Oklahoma -24.5 (-110) | BYU +24.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 57.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Oklahoma at BYU picks and predictions
Prediction
Oklahoma 43, BYU 13
Moneyline
Backing Oklahoma (-3000) straight up will cost you 30 times your potential return, and that's a crazy amount of risk for not much return. In other words, you must risk $100 for every $3.33 won.
PASS.
Against the spread
OKLAHOMA -24.5 (-110) is a strong play laying the points, even though it has struggled on the road lately.
The Sooners not only failed to cover in the past 2 road games at Kansas and at Oklahoma State, but they lost outright. Still, those teams were each playing good football, and were, or have recently been, ranked. BYU +24.5 (-110) has been hot garbage lately, the offense has been pitiful, and the Cougs have been dusted by 29 or more points in 3 consecutive outings.
Over/Under
UNDER 57.5 (-110) is worth playing lightly.
While the Cougars have really struggled to move the football, totaling just 26 points across the 3 games, the Sooners are still going to make this a sweat job down to the end.
Oklahoma can score, and it will do just that against a BYU defense which has coughed up 35 or more points in each outing during the 3-game skid. The Cougars have allowed 27 or more points in 7 of the past 8 games, too. Betting Unders isn't for the faint of heart, and a sigh of relief won't come until there are 0s on the clock.
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