Eastern Washington at Florida 10/2/22 - College Football Picks & Predictions

The Florida Gators host the Eastern Washington Eagles on Oct. 1. This is the first meeting between Florida and the Football Championship Subdivision team.

Eastern Washington is 1-2 this season after a 38-35 home loss as eight-point underdogs to fellow Big Sky Conference member Montana State. In the previous game, Oregon crushed the Eagles 70-14 despite just a 27.5-point spread. EWU’s only win of the season came in the opener, a 36-29 victory at home against Tennessee State in which the Eagles were 25-point favorites.

Florida is 2-2 overall and against the spread this season. The Gators last game was a 38-30 loss at Tennessee as 11-point underdogs. They failed to cover as 23-point favorites against South Florida at home the previous week, winning 31-28. Kentucky was a six-point underdog at Florida in Week 2 but won 26-16. The Gators opened the season with a 29-26 win against 2.5-point favorite Utah.  

Florida’s offense has been led by its 33rd-ranked running game which averaged 195.3 yards a contest. The Gators have thrown for 219 yards a game on average and are scoring 27.3 points per game. Florida is giving up 29.5 points a game and have allowed 437.3 total yards a contest. The defense ranks 111th overall, but the run defense has been particularly ineffective in allowing opponents to gain 216.5 yards per game.

Oregon completed 34-of-41 passes for 341 yards and five touchdowns against Eastern Washington. The Ducks ran the ball 48 times for 263 and four more scores.