Maybe no coach has done a better job in college football in recent years than Jonathan Smith has at Oregon State, which comes off a 10-win season in 2022 and might be ready to win the Pac-12 in 2023 before USC and UCLA go scampering off to the Big Ten. Here’s the preview for your college football betting odds to win the NCAA National Championship.

Oregon State Beavers 2023 College Football Season Betting Guide | MyBookie College Betting Preview

Oregon State Beavers | Pac-12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
School: Oregon State University
Head coach: Jonathan Smith | 5th season
Home field: Reser Stadium | 26,407

Oregon State Odds to Win Championship:: +10000
Odds to win Pac-12: +1200
Regular-season wins: 8.5

Oregon State closed the regular season with a 38-34 upset of No. 9 Oregon to keep the Ducks from playing in the Rose Bowl. The Beavers were down 31-10 late in the third, but the Ducks gave their rivals a short field on three consecutive possessions. Oregon State converted all three drives into touchdowns without attempting a single pass and would complete a 9-3 regular season, the school’s best yet under coach Jonathan Smith, who took over a program that went 1-11 in 2017.

OSU would then beat Florida 30-3 in the Las Vegas Bowl to reach 10 victories for the third time in program history and the first time in 16 years. They first accomplished the feat in 2000, when Smith was the team’s quarterback. The bowl victory was Oregon State’s first since defeating Boise State in the 2013 Hawai’i Bowl. It was OSU’s first win against an SEC opponent as it was the Beavers’ first matchup with a team from the conference since 2004. Oregon State finished ranked 17th in the AP poll, the team’s highest since the 2000 team finished fourth.

There will be a QB battle this fall between incumbent Ben Gulbranson and former top recruit and Clemson transfer DJ Uiagalelei. Last year as a redshirt freshman, Gulbranson played in 10 games, making eight starts. He was 7-1 as the starter and went 121-of-194 (62.4 percent) passing, throwing for 1,455 yards and nine touchdowns. Also ran for 52 yards and five touchdowns while recording one catch.

Uiagalelei hails from Southern California, and his decision to head back West will connect him with one of West Coast’s ascending programs. At 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, Uiagalelei has elite arm talent, but he completed less than 60% of his passes in his Clemson career, throwing 36 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. Spring camp saw Gulbranson and Uiagalelei both spend time running with the first team.

Oregon State returns all five starters on the offensive line and has one of the top young tailbacks in the country in Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference running back ran Damien Martinez, who for 982 yards and seven touchdowns on just 161 carries, a performance that included six straight games in which he earned over 100 yards. Given the turnover at the position in his conference, he might already be the best running back in the Pac-12. Deshaun Fenwick and Jam Griffin both would be starters for a lot of programs, and combined for over 1,000 yards and 11 touchdowns last year for OSU and are back.

Receiver/return man Anthony Gould is vying for All-American honors for the second consecutive season. He was recognized by four publications last season after leading the nation with an average of 18.3 yards per punt return. He returned two of his 14 for touchdowns. He’s also the team’s most talented receiver but a bit inconsistent there.

Oregon State led the Pac-12 last year in total defense (332.8 yards per game). Repeating won’t be easy, as the Beavers lost breakthrough stars in linebackers Omar Speights and Kyrei Fisher-Morris, safety Jaydon Grant and corners Alex Austin and Rejzohn Wright. They were keys to last year’s surge, and without them the Beavers might revert to previous form. There needs to be more of a pass rush after generating just 20 sacks last year, and with top sacker Riley Sharp moving over to tight end.

The Beavers are 17-point favorites for their season opener Sept. 3 at San Jose State. Yes, that’s a Sunday game because the NFL regular season will not have started yet. Oregon State leads the series 4-2 but they haven’t played since 2015. San Jose State head coach Brent Brennan was the receivers coach for OSU from 2011-to-2016. OSU should win that and only be tested out of conference on Sept. 16 at home vs. likely future Pac-12 member San Diego State.

The schedule breaks mostly in the Beavers’ favor in league play as the Beavers don’t play USC and get Utah, Washington, and UCLA at home. Could a road trip to Oregon on Nov. 24 decide a spot in the conference title game?

Oregon State Beavers 2023 Season Prediction

9-3 record (over 8.5 wins), no Pac-12 title

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