Week 9 College Football Picks, Odds & Trends: Kansas State at Oklahoma

Last Updated on October 31, 2009 5:00 pm by admin

Big XII Meeting

Titles and championships may be out of reach for No. 22
Oklahoma, but the Sooners can still finish with a strong season, which continues Saturday with a 7PM ET game with
Kansas
State at

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Bet Kansas State at Oklahoma
The Sooners are 4-3 on the year and 3-3-1 against the spread.

Oklahoma has battled injuries all year with Sam Bradford now out for the year with a shoulder injury that required surgery.
Bradford played in three games this year, but backup Landry Jones has thrown for 1,363 yards and 13 touchdowns in relief. Ryan Broyles has played in six games and has 36 receptions for 500 yards while Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray have each rushed for over 400 yards with right combined touchdowns. The Sooners are scoring 31.9 points per-game and tallying 419 yards per-game. The Sooners lead the conference in most defensive stats as they are allowing just 10.1 points and 264.9 yards per-game.

Oklahoma has allowed just 491 rushing yards as a team, which ranks second in the nation.

Kansas
State is 5-3 on the year and 4-3 against the spread. The Wildcats have won their last two games and four of their last five.

Kansas
State is posting 26.8 points and 356.5 yards per-game. The Wildcats rank second in the Big XII in rushing offense, with 1,492 yards on the ground. Daniel Thomas is leading the rushing attack with 814 yards and nine touchdowns while Keithen Valentine has rushed for 347 yards and four scores. On defense,

Kansas
State is giving up 21.6 points and 327.5 yards per-game, including a total of 1,815 yards through the air. Tysyn Hartman has been a bright spot in the secondary with four interceptions this season.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com have made
Oklahoma 28-point home favorites over

Kansas
State on Saturday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 47.5.
College Football Week 9 Betting Trends
All games in this series since 1992

KANSAS ST is 8-4 against the spread versus

OKLAHOMA since 1992

OKLAHOMA is 7-6 straight up against

KANSAS ST since 1992

4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1992

Games over the last 3 seasons

OKLAHOMA is 1-0 against the spread versus

KANSAS ST over the last 3 seasons 

OKLAHOMA is 1-0 straight up against

KANSAS ST over the last 3 seasons 

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

All games played at

OKLAHOMA since 1992

KANSAS ST is 4-1 against the spread versus

OKLAHOMA since 1992

OKLAHOMA is 3-2 straight up against

KANSAS ST since 1992

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

1992
Week 9 College Football Injury Report
KANSAS ST

[DE] 09/17/2009 – Brandon Harold out indefinitely ( Knee ) 

[LB] 10/03/2009 – Ulla Pomele "?" ( Undisclosed ) 

[QB] 10/03/2009 –

Carson Coffman "?" ( Undisclosed ) 

OKLAHOMA

[LB] 09/17/2009 – Mike Balogun out for season ( Eligibility ) 

[LB] 08/22/2009 – Tom Wort out for season ( Knee ) 

[QB] 10/03/2009 – Sam Bradford "?" ( Shoulder ) 

[TE] 09/08/2009 – Jermaine Gresham out for season ( Knee ) 

[DT] 09/08/2009 – DeMarcus Granger out indefinitely ( Back )
Kansas State at Oklahoma Current Odds
Kansas State Wildcats +28 Over 47.5  
Oklahoma Sooners -28 Under 47.5 
Bet Kansas State at Oklahoma
Posted: 10/31/09 5:00PM ET