Washington State vs Arizona 11/19/21 College Football Picks, Best Bets and Odds

The Washington State Cougars and Arizona Wildcats meet Friday in week 12 Pac-12 college football action from Martin Stadium in Pullman. Arizona is fresh off a matchup versus Utah. The Wildcats ended up losing by nine points there. As for the Cougars, they played Oregon in their last outing. In that matchup Washington State lost by two touchdowns. Check back all season long for free college football picks at Sports Chat Place. 

Arizona hasn’t had much luck on the field this year. The Wildcats lost their first eight games, falling to BYU, San Diego State, Northern Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Colorado, Washington and USC before finally getting a win over California on November 6. 

Last weekend against Utah, the Wildcats had a brief 14-7 lead early but ultimately couldn’t keep up in a 38-29 loss. QB Will Plummer managed 223 yards with one TD while also leading the rush with 50 yards and a score. Dorian Singer added 84 yards from five grabs. 

Over on the Washington State side, they went 1-3 over their first four games with a lone win versus Portland State. The Cougars went 4-1 over their next five however, taking out California, Oregon State, Stanford and Arizona State along with a tight loss to BYU. 

In the Oregon matchup, Washington State had a 14-14 tie at halftime but was outscored 24-10 from there in a 38-24 defeat. QB Jayden de Laura put up 280 yards with two TDs and two picks, and Travell Harris added 109 yards and a score off eight receptions. 

The Wildcats are 4-0 ATS in their last four overall and 4-0 ATS in their last four conference games. Arizona is 8-22 ATS in their last 30 road games. 

Meanwhile, the Cougars are 5-1 ATS in their last six conference games and 5-1 ATS in their last six on turf. Washington State is 1-4 ATS in their last five Friday games. 

PICK: I’m going to take a stab on Arizona. The Wildcats didn’t perform too badly—comparatively speaking—in their loss to Utah last weekend. Arizona managed 329 total yards with 5.1 yards per play and a near-reasonable 7-of-16 on third-down tries. The Wildcats played a clean game with no turnovers and just five penalties—trouble is they gave up 468 yards on the other side. 

As for Washington State, they held up pretty well against Oregon initially, but ended up giving away three turnovers and allowing a whopping 306 rush yards. I like the Cougars to be competitive here as well, with Arizona eking into a cover.