Houston Cougars

Houston Cougars

Sep 7, 2024

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Houston vs Oklahoma Prediction, Preview, & Odds – 9/7/2024

The Houston Cougars will take on the Oklahoma Sooners on September 7, 2024, at 7:45 pm ET. DraftKings Sportsbook has set the betting odds with the Houston Cougars as 29.5 point underdogs. Currently, 89% of bets are favoring the Oklahoma Sooners to cover the spread, while 11% are backing the Cougars. The total of 52.5 has seen 59% of bets on the under and 41% on the over. Keep reading to get our top betting pick for this weekend's Houston vs Oklahoma matchup.

Can Houston Rebound After Week 1 Disaster?

The first week of the college football season did not go as planned for the Houston Cougars. They were defeated 27-7 at home by the UNLV Rebels in a game where their offense just could not get going. This week, it could once again be tough for Houston to get its offense up and running as they face an Oklahoma team that was strong on defense in their first game of the 2024 campaign.

Against UNLV, Houston's rushing attack was nonexistent. Their leading rusher had just 17 yards on two carries, with the entire team ending up with just 38 yards on the ground. Needless to say, they are going to need to find some sort of production in the running game in this contest or Houston's defense is going to spend an uncomfortable amount of time on the field in this one.

Oklahoma Looks to Build On Strong Season Opener

The Oklahoma Sooners took care of business as expected in Week 1. They defeated the Temple Owls by a score of 51-3, dominating arguably the worst team in college football in every facet of the game. After a strong start from Oklahoma's new starting quarterback in that contest, the Sooners will hope for another excellent offensive showing to move to 2-0 on the young season.

Jackson Arnold threw for 141 yards and four touchdowns for Oklahoma in their blowout win over Temple. He wasn't called upon to many any daring throws or anything, averaging a modest 5.6 yards per pass attempt. But his precision with the ball was excellent, especially within scoring range, which should once again be good enough to help Oklahoma beat an overmatched non-conference foe.

Houston vs Oklahoma Best Bet

This Houston vs Oklahoma game feels like a total mismatch in Week 2. Houston's offense was scary bad in their season opener and there is very little reason to believe that will change this week against an Oklahoma team with a much better defense than that of UNLV. Look for the Sooners to cover the spread in this game and to improve to 2-0 before their schedule gets more interesting in the weeks to follow.

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Consensus

Spread Pick Consensus

+27.5/-108
20% HOU
-27.5/-112
80% OKL

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+1600
2% HOU
-4000
98% OKL

Total Pick Consensus

49.5/-112
24% UN
49.5/-108
76% OV

Stats

  • Team Stats
  • Passing
  • Rushing
  • Special Teams

Offense/Defense

HOU
Team Stats
OKL
1
GM
1
7.0
PPG
3.0
64.0
PLAYS-PG
61.0
247.0
YDS/G
197.0
3.9
YPP
3.2
14.0
1st DPG
13.0
9.0
1st DPass
7.0
4.0
1st DRush
5.0
1.0
1st Pen
1.0
10.0
Pen-Gm
8.0
74.0
Pen-Yds
46.0
0.0
FUM-G
4.0
2.0
INT-G
2.0

Defense/Offense

HOU
Team Stats
OKL
1
GM
1
27.0
PPG
51.0
62.0
PLAYS-PG
65.0
308.0
YDS/G
378.0
5.0
YPP
5.8
14.0
1st DPG
18.0
5.0
1st DPass
4.0
8.0
1st DRush
12.0
1.0
1st Pen
2.0
6.0
Pen-Gm
7.0
48.0
Pen-Yds
62.0
0.0
FUM-G
0.0
1.0
INT-G
0.0

Offense/Defense

HOU
Rushing
OKL
26.0
ATT
36.0
38.0
Y/G
69.0
1.5
Y/A
1.9
0.0
TD/G
0.0

Defense/Offense

HOU
Rushing
OKL
48.0
ATT
36.0
195.0
Y/G
220.0
4.1
Y/A
6.1
0.0
TD/G
1.0

Offense/Defense

HOU
Passing
OKL
22
CMP
12
38
ATT
25
57.9
CMP%
48
209
Y/G
128
5.5
Y/A
5.1
1
TD/G
0

Defense/Offense

HOU
Passing
OKL
7
CMP
19
14
ATT
29
50
CMP%
65.5
113
Y/G
158
8.1
Y/A
5.4
2
TD/G
4

HOU
Special Teams
OKL
7.0
Punts-GM
5.0
37.7
Punt Avg
42.8
4.0
Kick Ret GM
0.0
23.5
Kick Ret Avg
2.0
Punt Ret GM
1.0
0.5
Punt Ret Avg
13.0

Odds

  • Spread
  • MoneyLine
  • Over/Under
Open
Current
Book
HOU OKL
HOU OKL
Consensus
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-115)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-110)
+26.5 (-112)
-26.5 (-110)
+27.5 (-112)
-27.5 (-108)
+21.5 (-104)
-21.5 (-115)
+27.5 (-104)
-27.5 (-118)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-115)
+28.0 (-110)
-28.0 (-110)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-110)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-110)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-110)
+27.5 (-110)
-27.5 (-110)
Open
Current
Book
HOU OKL
HOU OKL
Consensus
+1500
-3500
+1729
-5620
+2200
-8000
+1600
-4000
+1060
-2500
+2000
-7000
+1800
-7000
+1800
-7000
+1600
-10000
+1800
-10000
Open
Current
Book
Over Under
Over Under
Consensus
52.5 (-110)
52.5 (-110)
49.5 (-111)
49.5 (-110)
53.0 (-110)
53.0 (-110)
49.5 (-108)
49.5 (-112)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
49.5 (-108)
49.5 (-112)
52.5 (-110)
52.5 (-110)
49.5 (-112)
49.5 (-109)
52.5 (-110)
52.5 (-110)
49.5 (-110)
49.5 (-110)
52.5 (-110)
52.5 (-110)
49.5 (-110)
49.5 (-110)