Faculty Soccer Week 2 Greatest Bets: Illinois vs. Duke, Cy-Hawk, Michigan vs. Oklahoma, and Extra

It’s almost inconceivable to match the hype we noticed from Week 1 of the faculty soccer season with 4 completely different top-10 matchups. That doesn’t imply we don’t have some good video games to look ahead to this week as nicely.

Faculty soccer blue bloods, in-state rivalries, and even some that date again to the Civil Conflict. It’s every thing that makes this sport nice. Let’s get into the video games.

#11 Illinois (1-0) -2.5 @ Duke (1-0) | Whole: 49.5

This recreation is screaming “entice line.” Happily, I can’t hear, and I LOVE the Illini on this one.

I do know Duke shelled out huge NIL cash for Darian Mensah to steal him from Tulane, however there are too many holes in the remainder of this roster.

Each groups regarded nice towards their Week 1 FCS opponents, however Illinois confirmed a glimpse of what this workforce may be. A Bret Bielema protection that mucks video games up and a ground-and-pound offense that controls the clock.

My play of the whole week is Illinois -2.5 and the underneath as an official play. I see Duke struggling to maneuver the ball.

Picks: Illinois (-2.5) and Beneath 49.5

Iowa (1-0) @ #16 Iowa State (2-0) -3.5 | Whole: 42.5

If Mark Gronowski had proven me any functionality to throw the ball in Week 1, Iowa would’ve been my play of the week right here. However I’m unsure what we’ll get from the Hawkeyes’ offense in Week 2.

However, I can also’t shake how dangerous Iowa State’s offensive line regarded towards what could be a fairly dangerous Kansas State workforce. That simply leads me to the plain choose within the Cy-Hawk — the underneath.

When you take the over in an Iowa recreation and it turns right into a 7-6 punt fest, you’ll be kicking your self for weeks. When you guess towards Rocco Becht and he proves you mistaken, you’ll really feel considerably much less dumb.

Decide: Beneath 42.5
Lean: Iowa (+3.5)

#15 Michigan (1-0) @ #18 Oklahoma (1-0) -5.5 | Whole: 45.5

Two blue bloods want to rebound after down years in 2024, and each have an enormous alternative for a season-defining win.

I’m nervous Justice Haynes will rush for 200 yards towards a shaky Oklahoma protection. However, I can’t guess towards John Mateer. Between him and Georgia Tech’s Haynes King, we’ve acquired two of the grittiest gamers in school soccer — who additionally could be fairly good.

I believe this recreation will flip right into a little bit of a shootout, and if that occurs, I don’t love betting on a real freshman quarterback in a hostile atmosphere like Bryce Underwood.

Oklahoma will draw back late and doubtlessly put up 30+ factors on a Michigan protection that could be overrated.

Decide: Over 45.5
Lean: Oklahoma (-5.5)

Kansas (2-0) @ Missouri (1-0) -6.5 | Whole: 51.5

The Border Conflict makes its much-needed return for the primary time since 2011, and we could possibly be in for a fantastic recreation.

More often than not, I complain about how overrated the SEC is, however for what could be the third 12 months in a row, Missouri is wildly underrated. It’ll ache me to guess towards Jalon Daniels, however I can’t belief him to remain on the sector in an enormous recreation towards an SEC defensive entrance.

Both method, I don’t see Kansas stopping switch QB Beau Pribula and Missouri’s high-powered offense. Eli Drinkwitz is quietly constructing one of the vital constant rosters 12 months after 12 months in one of many hardest SEC markets.

I hope this recreation turns right into a shootout, so I really like the over as nicely.

Picks: Missouri (-6.5) and Over 51.5