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The Toledo Rockets (3-0) play on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ET against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (2-1) at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.
The Rockets are small favorites (-2.5) in their matchup against the Hilltoppers, with the over/under being 61 points. (In terms of the moneyline, the Rockets are -135 and the Hilltoppers are +113.)
Keep reading to check out our betting primer for this season, and discover all of our expert predictions here, too!
Toledo -2.5 vs. Western Kentucky
Toledo vs. Western Kentucky Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Rockets (-2.5)
- Moneyline: Rockets (-135), Hilltoppers (+113)
- Total: 61 points
Toledo vs. Western Kentucky Betting Stats and Info
In three games, the Rockets have won just twice against the spread. The Rockets have won one game against the spread when favored by 2.5 points or more (in two tries). Toledo has won both games as a moneyline favorite this season. Western Kentucky, through three games with a set spread so far this season, is 2-1-0 against the spread. The Hilltoppers are winless in one game against the spread when underdogs by 2.5 points or more. Western Kentucky has played a game as the underdog on the moneyline one time this season, and failed to pick up the victory.
Toledo vs. Western Kentucky Key Players
Toledo Rockets
- Tucker Gleason has thrown for 662 yards (46-for-75), with nine touchdowns and zero interceptions (220.7 yards per game). He’s also carried the football 18 times for 90 yards, averaging 30 yards per game.
- Willie Shaw III has taken 31 attempts for a team-high 137 rushing yards (45.7 YPG) and three touchdowns.
- Junior Vandeross III has reeled in 14 passes for a team best 225 yards and three touchdowns. He averages 75 receiving yards per game.
- Jerjuan Newton’s stat line this year reveals 11 catches for 200 yards and four touchdowns. He puts up 66.7 receiving yards per game and has been targeted 13 times.
- Anthony Torres has collected 80 yards on seven receptions with two touchdowns, averaging 26.7 yards per game.
- This season Anthony Dunn leads the team with 1.5 sacks and has added two TFL and seven tackles.
- Emmanuel McNeil-Warren has racked up 20 tackles, one TFL, and 0.5 sacks to lead the team in tackles so far.
- Braden Awls has picked off two passes to lead the team while adding 11 tackles, one TFL, 0.5 sacks, and two passes defended.
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
- This season, TJ Finley has collected 490 passing yards (163.3 per game) while connecting on 48 of 75 passes (64%), with one touchdown and two interceptions.
- Elijah Young has rushed for a team-leading 97 yards on 33 attempts (32.3 yards per game) while scoring two touchdowns. He also averages 34.7 receiving yards per game, grabbing 12 passes for 104 yards.
- LT Sanders has 82 yards on 14 carries (27.3 yards per game), with one rushing touchdown.
- This year Kisean Johnson has 16 receptions for a team-high 263 yards (87.7 per game) and two touchdowns.
- Easton Messer has also contributed with 135 yards on 12 catches and one touchdown. He has been targeted 16 times and averages 45 receiving yards.
- Kylan Guidry has notched a team-leading one sack, while adding one TFL and four tackles.
- Hosea Wheeler has racked up nine tackles and one sack, and he’s tops on his team in tackles.
- In terms of picks, Anthony Johnson Jr. leads the team with one interception this season and has added six tackles, one TFL, and one pass defended.