College Football Week 3 Odds, Picks & Prediction: Houston vs Kansas (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 3 odds, picks, and predictions for this week’s game: Houston vs Kansas.
And check out our other Week 3 College Football Game Previews & Picks:
- Fresno State vs. USC
- Mississippi State vs. LSU
- Penn State vs. Auburn
- Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech
- BYU vs. Oregon
- Washington State vs. Colorado State
- UConn vs. Michigan
- Georgia vs. South Carolina
- Oklahoma at Nebraska
- Charlotte at Georgia State
- Notre Dame vs. California
- New Mexico vs. UTEP
- Texas vs UTSA
- Marshall at Bowling Green
- New Mexico State at Wisconsin
- Western Kentucky at Indiana
- Toledo at Ohio State
- Tulane at Kansas State
- Miami at Texas A&M
Check out Thor Nystrom’s Week 3 College Football Power Rankings >>
College Football Week 3 Early Odds, Picks & Prediction: Houston vs Kansas
Great offenses and bad defenses, and we get a total under 60? Sign me up! Houston's games so far have killed this total, but they've played 5 OT periods already, so the numbers are definitely skewed. What I like most about Houston for this total is the yardage they’ve already given up. At 450+ yards per game so far, they rank 115th in the country, and the Cougars have averaged 22 PPG given up in regulation.
The Kansas defense did hold FCS Tennessee Tech to 190 yards and only 10 points in Week 1, but last week, WVU snapped the Jayhawks back to reality by putting up 501 total yards and 42 points. The most surprising part of the big Kansas win last week was the efficiency and balance on offense: 200 yards rushing, 219 passing, 11/15 on third downs, and zero sacks allowed.
Twenty-eight is still the lowest total Kansas has put up since Jalon Daniels took over as the starting QB, as mentioned last week. The job Lance Leipold has done turning Kansas around is very impressive but only on one side of the ball so far. The lopsided structure of this team could get us to some Overs in their matchups, at least until the oddsmakers start to buy into the offense. I'll ride the Jayhawks’ good offense and bad defense until the heater breaks!
Bet: Over 57.5 (-106 on FanDuel)
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