Week 3: Nebraska vs Oklahoma 9/17/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Oklahoma Sooners do battle Saturday in a week 3 college football showdown at Memorial Stadium. The Oklahoma Sooners look for their fifth 3-0 start in the last 6 years. The Nebraska Cornhuskers need a win to get back to a .500 record.

The Oklahoma Sooners have won 4 of their last 6 road games. Dillon Gabriel is completing 70.6 percent of his passes for 529 yards, 5 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Marvin Mims and Theo Wease have combined for 318 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns, while Drake Stoops has 5 receptions. The Oklahoma Sooners ground game is averaging 196.5 yards per contest, and Eric Gray leads the way with 173 yards on 26 carries. Defensively, Oklahoma is allowing 8 points and 305.5 yards per game. Danny Stutsman leads the Oklahoma Sooners with 21 tackles, Reggie Grimes has 4 sacks and Gentry Williams has 1 interception.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have lost 5 of their last 6 home games. Casey Thompson is completing 63.9 percent of his passes for 866 yards, 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Trey Palmer and Marcus Washington have combined for 412 receiving yards on 28 catches, while Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda has 4 receptions. The Nebraska Cornhuskers ground game is averaging 200.3 yards per contest, and Anthony Grant leads the way with 428 yards and 5 touchdowns. Defensively, Nebraska is allowing 31 points and 491 yards per game. Luke Reimer leads the Nebraska Cornhuskers with 28 tackles, Omar Brown has 1 sack and Marques Buford Jr. has 2 interceptions.

The Sooners are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Cornhuskers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The under is 4-0 in Sooners last 4 games in September. The over is 4-1 in Cornhuskers last 5 games overall. The under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Oklahoma Sooners are the better team and should be favored. However, the Nebraska Cornhuskers just fired head coach Scott Frost, and that could be the turning point in their season. We’ve seen countless times when a coach is fired and the team finally starts playing to its potential. I don’t think many were all that warm and fuzzy about Frost, so him being good could do wonders for this club. Nebraska isn’t thin on talent, and took the Sooners down to the wire on the road last year. I’ll take my chances with the 2 free touchdowns.