Oregon is off the loss to Stanford, a team Oregon State really had beat on the road. Oregon State posses a similar defense to a Stanford squad that stopped Oregon in their own building. Oregon State has shown they have more offensive explosiveness than Stanford with Sean Mannion throwing the ball to Markus Wheaton and Brandon Cooks. Oregon State's defense also has the players that can seal the edges against Oregon's running game. DE Schott Crichton and Jordan Poyer in the secondary are two of the best in the PAC 12.

Oregon State also has started to run the ball better with Storm Woods as they are averging 40 yards more per game over their last 3 games than their season average and they faced the likes of Arizona State, Stanford, and Cal. Look for Oregon State to keep this game in distance all day as this is a huge rivalry game and Oregon State finally has the athletic talent to give Oregon fits. They are one of the best teams on third down and that's where Stanford had so much success last week holding them to 4-17 on third downs. Oregon State has held opponents to 23% conversions at home this year and they are also +2 in turnovers per game at home. Their run defense is a strength allowing just 3.44 ypc in home games and they have dominated opposing QB's with 9 interceptions and just 3 TD allowed at home.


Wake Forest is fighting for bowl eligibility while Vanderbilt is off a huge win to their in state rival who they hadn't beaten since 1982. They are due for a huge let down in this spot and its not like Wake Forest can't pull it off. Wake Forest has tons of talent on defense inlcuding Nikita Whitlock, and their solid LB core who are active in space. They also lead the ACC in TO margin. It's not like Vanderbilt is any offensive juggernaut and Wake Forest will stop their rushing attack. They have been great at home allowing less than 3.6 ypc on the ground and have faced better running games than Vanderbilt's. Clemson, North Carolina come to mind and both could not run for more than 4 yards per carry. Vanderbilt is actually only 101st in ypc and 3.2 ypc on the road which is shocking for a team that relies so heavily on it.

Really Vanderbilt just beat 5 bad teams and none but Miss could stop the run (ranked 31st) and Miss really had Vanderbilt beat all game. Don't be shocked if Wake Forest wins this game to save their bowl chances. It's a veteran led team with a lot of upper classmen. Wake Forest is 27th in pass play % and Miss showed that you can pass on Vanderbilt as they racked up 406 yards, time for Tanner Price to show his potential.

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