Oregon State Beavers vs Stanford Cardinal College Football Predictions: This College Football Week 1, Thursday night game between Oregon State Beavers vs Stanford Cardinal has a scheduled kick off start of 6:06 PM PT (9:06 PM ET), and can be seen on ESPN2. Oddsmakers at SportsBook.com have this one as a close contest, as the Oregon State Beavers are favorites by a filed goal -3 (-115) and -160 in the ML against the host Stanford Cardinal +3 (-105) and +140.

Even though Stanford currently leads the all-time head-to-head series 47-24-3 over OSU, the Beavers hold the edge (8-3) over the last 11 games played, including wins in 6 of the last 7.

OSU Football, which kicks off its stats 112th collegiate season, will start on the road for the first time since 2004. Also, it’s the first time since 1994 that OSU kicks off the year against PAC 10 Conference opponent away from home.

In Conference play last season, OSU won 3 of their last 4 road games, including key victories over (#2) CAL, and (#18) Oregon.

OSU comes into this season ranked 43 in the Associated Press Polls, and 35 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.

For Stanford to pull off the early upset, the play of QB Tavita Pritchard will be crucial. If Pritchard can remain consistent, this Cardinal offense can be very dangerous against any opponent. The OVER/UNDER in Oregon State Beavers vs Stanford Cardinal College Football Predictions has been set at a total of 45½ points.

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