UNLV vs San Diego State 11/19/21 College Football Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The UNLV Rebels and San Diego State Aztecs meet in week 12 Mountain West college football action from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Friday night.

The San Diego State Aztecs will be out to build on a 23-21 win over Nevada last time out. Lucas Johnson has thrown for 801 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 60.8% passing while Jordon Brookshire has 521 passing yards, 2 touchdowns and a pick on 47.6% passing. Greg Bell has a team-high 849 rushing yards with 7 rushing scores while Chance Bell and Kaegun Williams each have 200+ rushing yards with a combined 7 touchdowns. Daniel Bellinger and Elijah Kothe each have 200+ receiving yards and another three receivers have at least 100 receiving yards as well. On defense, Patrick McMorris has a team-high 62 total tackles while Cameron Thomas has a team-high 8.5 sacks on the year.

The UNLV Rebels will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 27-13 win over Hawaii last time out. Cameron Friel has thrown for 1,541 yards, 6 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 63.4% passing while Charles Williams has a team-high 1,089 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns. Kyle Williams and Steve Jenkins each have 500+ receiving yards with a combined 6 receiving TDs while another four receivers for UNLV have at least 100 receiving yards on the year. On defense, Jacoby Windmon leads the Rebels with 90 total tackles along with 3.5 sacks while Adam Plant Jr. also has 3.5 sacks and Brennon Scott has a team-high 4 sacks. Phillip Hill has a team-high 3 interceptions.

San Diego State is 25-7-1 ATS in their last 33 games against a team with a losing record and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 road games while the under is 6-1-1 in their last 8 games as a road favorite. UNLV is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 conference games while the over is 12-1 in their last 13 Friday games.

I get the case to be made for the Aztecs, but they’ve been in a lot of close calls lately and have a big game with Boise State on deck to finish the regular season. Strange as it is to say, we’ve seen some of the best football from UNLV in the last couple of weeks and I think the Rebels keep it going with another cover in this one.