2009 Washington at Stanford Betting Preview: Odds, Trends & Injuries

Last Updated on September 26, 2009 3:42 pm by shah

PAC-10 Showdown

After a surprising win over USC last weekend, No. 24

Washington looks to avoid a letdown on Saturday when it travels to Stanford to face the Cardinals at 9PM ET from Stanford Stadium.

Bet Washington at Stanford

The Huskies are 2-1 on the season after beating the Trojans 16-13 for Steve Sarkisian’s biggest win in his short head coach career.

Washington held USC to 110 yards passing in the win while quarterback Jake Locker threw for 237 yards and had a rushing touchdown. The lone loss this year for

Washington comes at the hands of LSU, by a score of 31-23 in the season opener. On the year, Locker has 811 passing yards with five touchdowns to lead the PAC 10 conference. Five different Huskies have over 100 yards receiving as well, led by James Johnson, who has 183 yards. The rushing game has been led by Chris Polk, who has 241 yards on the ground. Defensively, the Huskies rank second to last in the conference in rushing defense.

Stanford is also 2-1 entering Saturday’s game with wins over Washington State and San Jose State, while losing to Wake Forest 24-17 in week two. Quarterback Andrew Luck has thrown for 639 yards and four scores this season while running back Toby Gerhart has rushed for 316 yards and four touchdowns. Return man Chris Owusu has two kick returns for scores on the season as well, with a return average of 52.8 yards, which is tops in the nation. As a team, Stanford is third in the PAC 10 in points scored but is third to last in passing yards allowed on defense.

Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made Stanford 7-point home favorites over

Washington on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 50.5.

College Football Week 4 Betting Trends
All games in this series since 1992

WASHINGTON is 7-5 against the spread versus STANFORD since 1992

WASHINGTON is 9-4 straight up against STANFORD since 1992

7 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games over the last 3 seasons

STANFORD is 1-1 against the spread versus

WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons 

STANFORD is 1-1 straight up against

WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons 

All games played at STANFORD since 1992

STANFORD is 2-2 against the spread versus

WASHINGTON since 1992

WASHINGTON is 3-2 straight up against STANFORD since 1992

2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games played at STANFORD over the last 3 seasons.

WASHINGTON is 1-0 against the spread versus STANFORD over the last 3 seasons 

WASHINGTON is 1-0 straight up against STANFORD over the last 3 seasons 

1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

WASHINGTON: 1-9 ATS vs. conference

STANFORD: 6-0 ATS in home games

Washington is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games

Washington is 2-15 SU in its last 17 games

Stanford is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing

Washington

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Stanford’s last 5 games when playing
Washington
Week 4 College Football Injury Report

WASHINGTON

Skyler Fancher OL Questionable Week 4 (ankle)

Jason Wells S Questionable Week 4 (achilles)

Darrion Jones DE Questionable Week 4 (knee)

Everrette Thompson DE Questionable Week 4 (ankle)

STANFORD

Matt Kopa OL Out Indefinitely (foot)

Matthew Masifilo DT Out Indefinitely (knee)

Taylor Skaufel S Questionable Week 4 (knee)

Allen Smith OT Questionable Week 4 (knee)

Nick Macaluso LB Questionable Week 4 (oblique)

Washington at Stanford Current Odds

Washington Huskies +7 Over 50.5 (+260)

Stanford Cardinal -7 Under 50.5 (-340)

Bet Washington at Stanford

Posted: 9/26/09 3:42PM ET