Week 3: Oklahoma State vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/17/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions clash Saturday night in week 3 college football action at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions look to build on their solid 2-0 start. The Oklahoma State Cowboys look for their sixth straight 3-0 start to a season.

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions have lost their last 5 road games. Skyler Perry is completing 68.4 percent of his passes for 434 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. Raequan Prince and Chryst Cochran have combined for 271 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns, while Maurice Lloyd has 6 receptions. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions ground game is averaging 248.5 yards per contest, and Kayvon Britten leads the way with 259 yards and 4 touchdowns. Defensively, Arkansas-Pine Bluff is allowing 22.5 points and 343 yards per game. Timon Akins leads the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions with 11 tackles, Kendariu Clark has 2.5 sacks and Kyle Knox has 1 interception.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys haven’t lost a home game since October 2020. Spencer Sanders is completing 62 percent of his passes for 674 yards, 6 touchdowns and 1 interception. Braydon Johnson and Bryson Green have combined for 331 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns, while Brennan Presley has 9 receptions. The Oklahoma State Cowboys ground game is averaging 161 yards per contest, and Dominic Richardson leads the way with 192 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, Oklahoma State is allowing 30.5 points and 450 yards per game. Mason Cobb leads the Oklahoma State Cowboys with 20 tackles, Tyler Lacy has 2 sacks and Kendal Daniels has 1 interception.

The Golden Lions are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games on fieldturf. The Cowboys are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 11-2-1 ATS in their last 14 games overall. The under is 6-0 in Golden Lions last 6 road games. The under is 8-2-1 in Cowboys last 11 games in September.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys obviously have the clear talent edge and could win this game by however many points as they’d like, but this line is crazy. You have to ask yourself just how motivated OK State will be to really embarrass Arkansas-Pine Bluff, especially with a bye week and Baylor on tap for its next game. The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions are terrible. I get it. But this line is crazy steep, and it will require OK State to have some sort of motivation. Give me the points.