Who: Wyoming Cowboys vs Illinois Fighting Illini
Time: August 27, 2022, 4:00 EST
Venue: Memorial Stadium โ Champaign, IL
Wyoming vs Illinois Odds:
Moneyline: WY +315| ILL-415
Spread: WY +10 (-110)| ILL -10 (-110)
Total: O 44 (-110) | U 44 (-110)
Wyoming vs Illinois Betting Preview
An interesting non-conference game is on the schedule for Week Zero when the Wyoming Cowboys visit the Illinois Fighting Illini. Neither team is expected to do much this season as Wyoming is picked to finish fifth in the MWC Mountain Division and Illinois was picked sixth in the Big Ten West. This game will air live on Big Ten Network.
Last season was a disappointment for Wyoming as they were picked to finish second in the Mountain Division but finished fourth after going 7-6 overall and just 2-6 in MWC play. The Cowboys started their season 4-0 but finished the regular season 2-6. Wyoming finished the season on a positive note after beating Kent State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Illinois had a strange 2021 season after finishing 5-7 overall and 4-5 in Big Ten play. The Fighting Illini had wins over Nebraska, Charlotte, #7 Penn State, #20 Minnesota and Northwestern, but could not capitalize at home as they lost four games on home turf.
Wyoming vs Illinois Betting Stats
Cowboys
- Wyoming are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Wyoming’s last 6 games.
- Wyoming are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games.
- Wyoming are 4-10 SU in their last 14 games on the road.
- Wyoming are 0-6 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wyoming’s last 5 games played on a Saturday.
- Wyoming are 1-8-1 ATS in their last 10 games played on a Saturday when playing on the road.
Fighting Illini
- Illinois are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Illinois’ last 10 games.
- Illinois are 5-10 SU in their last 15 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois’ last 5 games at home.
- Illinois are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played in August.
- Illinois are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games played in week 1.
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Illinois’ last 9 games played on a Saturday.
Wyoming vs Illinois Betting Pick
Wyoming lost a lot of pieces last season, but people are excited about Andrew Peasly who should be the starting QB after transferring in from Utah State. The Cowboys weapons include RB Titus Swen and WRs Joshua Cobbs and DeShawn Woods, along with TE Trenton Welch. The offensive line will be the strongest part of the Cowboys offense. Defensively, the Cowboys return LB Easton Gibbs and DL Cole Godbout, but they will be relying heavily on transfers all over the field. The secondary brought in transfers from Wisconsin and Ole Miss and will need them to live up to their recruiting hype to solidify a Cowboys defense that allowed a lot of yards.
Illinois will be starting Syracuse transfer QB Tommy DeVito as the Fighting Illini try to figure out how to get some offense going in Champaign. Most of the key targets are back and DeVito will lean on WR Isaiah Williams and TE Luke Ford. Chase Brown and Josh McCray will make a good 1-2 punch at RB. Defensively, the line was young, and good, last season and Keith Randolph, JerโZhan Newton and TeRah Edwards should be the leaders. The secondary should be the biggest strength with Devon Witherspoon and Sydney Brown patrolling the area.
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Series History: This will be the first meeting between these two schools.