Nevada Wolf Pack (2-3) vs. San Jose State Spartans (3-1)
October 5, 2024 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: San Jose State Spartans -6.5 / Nevada Wolf Pack +6.5; Over/Under: +47.5
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The Nevada Wolf Pack and the San Jose State Spartans meet in week 6 college football action from CEFCU Stadium on Saturday. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a San Jose State vs Nevada Prediction.
Nevada Recap
The Nevada Wolf Pack come into this one looking to build on their 49-16 win over Eastern Washington last time out to climb to 2-3 on the year. After this game, Nevada will head to Corvallis for a matchup with Oregon State.
Wolf Pack Trying To Find Consistency
Brendon Lewis has thrown for 868 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions on 68% passing while also rushing for 272 yards and a touchdown. Savion Red has rushed for a team-high 394 yards with 3 touchdowns while Pat Garwo III has 173 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns. Jaden Smith has a team-high 318 receiving yards while Cortez Braham Jr. has 254 receiving yards and a team-high 18 receptions along with a pair of touchdowns. Marcus Bellon also has 199 receiving yards and a TD and Jace Henry has a pair of receiving TDs as well on the year. On defense, Tongiaki Mateialona has a team-high 36 total tackles including 19 solo tackles while Drue Watts has 33 total tackles including a team-high 20 solo tackles. Henry Ikahihifo also has a team-high 2.5 sacks for the Wolf Pack this season.
Why the Nevada Wolf Pack will win
- Nevada has covered the spread in each of its last four October games as a road underdog against non-AP-ranked teams.
San Jose State Recap
The San Jose State Spartans come into this one looking to rebound from their first loss of the season, falling 54-52 to Washington State to fall to 3-1 prior to their bye week. After this game, the Spartans will trek out on the road to take on Colorado State.
Spartans Showing Fight In New Era
Emmett Brown has thrown for 1,290 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions on 62% passing while Floyd Chalk IV has 216 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns as well. Nick Nash leads the Spartans’ receiving group with 50 grabs for 637 yards and 8 touchdowns this season while Justin Lockhart has 15 receptions for 266 yards and 2 scores. Three more Spartans have 100+ receiving yards as well on the year. On defense, Justin Pollard has a team-high 47 total tackles including 23 solo tackles, a sack, and an interception while Jordan Cobbs has 2 sacks and 2 INTs. San Jose State’s defense as a whole has combined for 7 sacks and 8 INTs as a unit this season.
Why the San Jose State Spartans will win
- The favorite has won each of San Jose State’s last 15 games at CEFCU Stadium.
- Nevada has lost 14 of its last 16 games against conference opponents.
- The favorite has covered the spread in seven of San Jose State’s last eight games at CEFCU Stadium.
- Nevada has failed to cover the spread in three of its last four games against conference opponents.
San Jose State vs Nevada Prediction
I’m on the Spartans here. I’ll give the Wolf Pack credit for looking farther along in their rebuild than I thought they were coming into the year, but the problem is that Nevada I think is just overmatched in this game. Nevada almost beat SMU in their opener, but that’s starting to look like a less than-impressive SMU team than we’re used to. Wins over a bad Troy team and Eastern Washington don’t do a lot for me either. San Jose State, outside of the Washington State game, has been solid, and the Cougars are going to put up points on lots of teams this season. I think that San Jose State just outscores Nevada here and the Wolf Pack can’t keep up. Give me San Jose State.
