College football gambling fanatics will have a great inter-conference game of bowl contenders to wager on college football with as BYU sponsors Washington on Saturday. NCAA football sports betting handicappers have high expectations for both squads, specifically Washington, as the Huskies could be a superb value to wager on NCAA football with in 2010.

The online sportsbook opened with BYU as a 3-point fave for this game that can be seen on CBS College Sports with kickoff set for 7:05 PM Eastern.

The Washington Huskies were 5-7 last year, which may not sound like a lot, but it was five wins greater than the 0-12 team of 2008. Steve Sarkisian took over as head coach a year ago after coordinating the offense at USC and directed the Huskies to a huge 16-13 upset versus the Trojans as 20-point home underdogs to highlight the campaign.

As they return 10 starters on offense led by senior quarterback Jake Locker, who passed for 2800 yards and 21 touchdowns last year, Washington is filled with knowledge. The defense returns 8 starters to a unit that granted 27 points per match a year ago, an 11 point improvement from 2008.

The improvement shown last season has the Seattle area excited again for UW football.

“From the coaching staff to the players, to the community of Seattle, we’re all anxious to get this season started,” said Sarkisian. “We’re here to win championships. No doubt. Last year was let’s be competitive, fight, scratch, claw. This year-let’s go play and win a championship.” As they are still overlooked in the Pac 10 by better known foes such as USC, Washington may be one of the best NCAA betting values on the board. But probabilities makers doing their homework see a talented and seasoned squad that easily could have gone 8-4 a year ago. The Washington Huskies are in search of their first bowl since 2002.

As the Cougars are arriving from 4 consecutive double digit win seasons, head coach Bronco Mendenhall has restored the pride and glory of BYU football. The Cougars have had trouble with the college football probabilities in non conference action nevertheless with a mark of 5-8 against the spread while going 4-6 ATS as a home favorite since 2008.

Mendenhall declared that junior Riley Nelson and freshman Jake Heaps will split time as the number 1 signal callers to start the year, so now the huge NCAA football betting question for BYU is at quarterback.