Purdue vs. Washington betting: Odds, preview, picks, kickoff time for Week 7 college football on Friday — SkimNews
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- Purdue vs. Washington kicks off at 8 p.m. ET Friday with the Boilermakers a 3-point home favorite and the over/under set at 50.5, per DraftKings.
- Washington enters at 3-3 overall and 0-3 in Big Ten play under coach Jedd Fisch, having lost to Minnesota, USC and Iowa since a 3-0 non-conference start.
- Washington QB Demond Williams Jr. has been sacked 19 times this season — the second-most in the FBS entering Week 7 — and will not play; backup Elijah Brown, who went 28-of-39 for three touchdowns in relief against Iowa, gets the start.
- Purdue RB Fame Ijeboi ranks 20th nationally with 549 rushing yards and nine touchdowns, coming off a 195-yard, three-score performance in the Boilermakers' win over Minnesota.
- Purdue QB Ryan Browne has taken 10 sacks against only nine touchdown passes, making quarterback play a vulnerability for both sides.
- Betting trend: Three of Washington's last four games and five of Purdue's six games this season have finished Over the total.
- The SportsLine model projects Washington +3 as its best bet, covering in 67% of 10,000 simulations, and enters Week 7 on a 48-40 run against top-rated college football picks.
Why it matters: With both teams at .500 and Washington desperate for its first conference win, the spread suggests oddsmakers view this as essentially a toss-up; the absence of Williams — already the second most-sacked QB in the FBS — tilts the model's lean toward Washington as a 3-point road dog, while Fame Ijeboi's rushing makes Purdue the side most likely to control tempo and total points.
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