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Posted at 6:00 PM EST.

7:00 PM EST. Last week, Washington State made a splash on the national landscape when it defeated Oregon in a primetime match-up of ranked opponents. Wazzou looked impressive, as they scored 27 unanswered points out of the gate, ultimately winning the contest by a score of 34-20. With the victory over an Oregon team that remained undefeated in regulation, the Cougars have catapulted to a top-12 ranking this week along with a flawless 7-0 ATS mark. Indeed, it would be very easy to jump all over the higher ranked team taking back the points. However, usually when a team looks too easy greening up is quite hard to come by.

You can rest assured that David Shaw and the Cardinal won’t lose any sleep over Washington State coming to town. The Cardinal have pummelled the likes of USC and San Diego State in Palo Alto already this year and went toe-to-toe with the present #3 team in the country, Notre Dame in South Bend for 3½ quarters. For Washington State, this will easily be the toughest opponent they play on the road so far this year and if how they fared at USC serves as any barometer of how this team does outside of Pullman against a quality opponent, Stanford figures to get the win here. This is really playing the number and not the teams, as oddsmakers opened with Stanford being a -3½ point choice in a high profile game and it didn’t long for that public to grab that enticing hook on a key number and drop it to -3. It’s now at -2½, which is our prompt to move in hard.  

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