Pittsburgh vs Western Michigan 9/18/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Pittsburgh Panthers meet the Western Michigan Broncos Saturday in week 3 college football action at Heinz Field. The Western Michigan Broncos look for another win to get a game above a .500 record. The Pittsburgh Panthers look for another win after beating UMass and Tennessee. 

The Western Michigan Broncos have lost seven of their last 10 road games overall. Kaleb Eleby is completing 60.3 percent of his passes for 365 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions. Jaylen Hall and Corey Crooms have combined for 235 receiving yards and two touchdowns while Bryce Nunnelly has seven receptions. The Western Michigan Broncos ground game is averaging 176 yards per contest, and La’Darius Jefferson leads the way with 144 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, Western Michigan is allowing 23.5 points and 304 yards per game. Corvin Moment leads the Western Michigan Broncos with 12 tackles, Jake Moertl has one sack and Bricen Garner has one interception.

The Pittsburgh Panthers look for back-to-back 3-0 starts to the CFB season. Kenny Pickett is completing 69.9 percent of his passes for 557 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions. Taysir Mack and Jared Wayne have combined for 245 receiving yards on 16 catches while Jordan Addison has 11 receptions. The Pittsburgh Panthers ground game is averaging 168.5 yards per contest, and Israel Abanikanda leads the way with 73 yards and one touchdown. Defensively, Pittsburgh is allowing 20.5 points and 291.5 yards per game. SirVocea Dennis leads the Pittsburgh Panthers with 11 tackles, John Petrishen has two sacks and Brandon Hill has one interception.

The Broncos are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Panthers are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games in September and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The under is 4-1 in Broncos last 5 games overall. The over is 9-1 in Panthers last 10 games overall.

The Western Michigan Broncos haven’t had much recent success at covering numbers and they’ve been downright awful at stopping the run through two games. The Pittsburgh Panthers are fresh off a confidence boosting win on the road against Tennessee and they’ve covered five of their last six games overall. Pittsburgh is just 4-9 against the spread in its last 13 games as a double-digit favorite, but you have to be impressed with how the Panthers have played lately. I’ll lay the reasonable number with Pitt.