Arizona State at Stanford

There simply is not a lot of high-profile games this week, but this one qualifies as the closest thing. Stanford brings in their top 5 ranking to face Arizona State who comes in at #23. One big difference between these teams is that Sun Devils expended a lot of energy and emotion last week, as they won at home by 2 against Wisconsin on a failed 2-point conversion. Stanford had a much easier game vs. Army that finished looking closer than it was as Army scored with :17 seconds to go to turn 34-13, into a 34-20 final. The biggest problem for Arizona State is going to be stopping the explosive running game of the Cardinal. Last week, Wisconsin went for 7.2 yards per carry against them. Arizona State has struggled for a long time on the road especially vs. good teams as they are 16-33-3 ATS in their last 52 vs. a team with a winning home record. The Cardinal have been a superb cover team at 35-17-1 ATS in their last 53. Since David Shaw took over here, Stanford is an incredible 17-5 ATS following a win. Go with the home team.