Iowa State Cyclones vs Kansas Jayhawks Point Spread Picks

Kansas is a slight underdog, even while coming off a huge win over Oklahoma, and the oddsmaker could be expecting a letdown by the Jayhawks as they play Iowa State, which has won three in a row. However, the Jayhawks appear to be the real deal this season and their only losses were to Texas and Oklahoma State. Jason Bean threw for 218 yards while running for 62 yards and a touchdown and Daniel Hishaw also had two TD runs against the Sooners. Cartevious Norton ran for two TDs and Rocco Becht threw for 238 yards and a TD with an interception in Iowa State's win over Baylor. Bean has filled in admirably for injured Kansas QB Jalon Daniels and has thrown for 1,131 yards with nine TDs and four picks. Kansas won last year's meeting 14-11 and it went UNDER by 34 points and the Cyclones have stayed UNDER 12 of 16 games. Iowa State is 0-7 ATS its past seven games against a .750 or higher opponent. Play Kansas on the moneyline and the UNDER.

One of the top stories in NCAA Football so far this year is the 4-0 start by the Kansas Jayhawks. They will play host to Iowa St. who is off to a solid 3-1 start of their own. Iowa St. has been better than expected after losing a lot of production from a year ago. They lost a 4 year starting QB in Brock Purdy, and their best running back in program history. The Iowa St. defense is good, but they will face their stiffest challenge of the season vs a Kansas team that is putting up 48.5ppg. Kansas already owns wins vs W. Virginia, Houston, and Duke. Iowa St. was exposed by Baylor 31-24 at home last week, and the Kansas offense is significantly better that the Baylor offense that put up 31 on the road. I don't think oddsmakers have caught up to this team yet, because they have been so bad for so long. Make the play on Kansas.

Kansas has an improved offense behind QB Jason Bean (5 TDs, 2 INTs), with the team scoring 22 on Coastal Carolina and 33 on Duke. Last week, Bean threw for 323 yards versus the Blue Devils as the offense had 530 yards total. They're a big underdog here to an Iowa State squad that prefers to run, gaining 216 yards rushing last week in a 31-29 loss to Baylor as a 7-point favorite. Iowa State blew out UNLV 48-3, but in the other three games, the offense has averaged just 20.3 points. Also, Iowa State is 1-8 ATS after gaining 475+ yards in the last game. Make the play on Kansas.