BYU Cougars vs Iowa State Cyclones Point Spread Picks

I had West Virginia getting points at Iowa State last Saturday, and the Mountaineers covered in a 45-42 loss. Iowa State gained 577 yards and allowed 518. Utah gained 411 yards against the Cyclones the week before, and four of Iowa State's five games have reached 48 or more combined points (48, 62, 48 and 87). The exception was a 16-13 loss at Iowa. BYU ranks 18th in the country, allowing 14.25 points per game, and has held all four opponents to 23 points or fewer and 327 yards or fewer. BYU's offense is tied for 30th at 37.25 points per game, and it rushed for 332 yards at Colorado State. West Virginia rushed for 291 against Iowa State, which allowed 31 points to Utah and 42 to West Virginia in its last two games. Take the OVER Friday night.

Iowa State is fighting hard to make a bowl winning four of six. They've won their last two road games by 20 and 12 points, which includes a 30-10 victory at Cincinnati as an underdog. Iowa State is 19-8 ATS on the road after having won three of four. BYU has lost two in a row scoring a total of 13 points. Over the last four games, the Cougars are averaging 12.75 points. The ground game is terrible averaging 2.9 yards per rush. They just got steamrolled by West Virginia, 37-7, giving up 567 yards (336 rushing). BYU is 13-32 ATS after a two-game road trek and 2-14 ATS after allowing 300+ yards rushing. And college football road favorites like Iowa State which allowed 75 or fewer rushing yards in the last game are 42-16 ATS against an opponent that just gave up 6.5+ yards per carry. Play Iowa State.