Will Harris, Special to ESPN.com 5y

Week 4 college football betting lookahead: Don't sleep on Washington

College Football

College football lookahead is the essential grab bag of numbers, trends, reads and concepts each Monday throughout the season.

In Week 4, we remind you that the title of "Best in the West" is taken, look at how easily (or not) the best ATS teams are covering so far, and identify an opening total that could drop significantly with tomorrow's injury updates.

All lines and totals from Circa Sportsbook as of Sunday.


Portfolio checkup

Which teams we're buying or selling, and why.

Buy: Washington Huskies

Washington is a top-10 team in a top-25 suit, so don't be fooled. Under a layer that includes three bowl losses to excellent teams, lack of respect for Cal (their Week 2 opponent) and whatever else is distracting the pollsters, lies the same talented, well-coached league overlord that's sitting with 32 wins over the past three seasons and two trophies at the end of the past three Pac-12 championship games. What makes this team more explosive than last year's is both improved quarterback play with Jacob Eason and the diversity of offensive weapons at the pivot's disposal. Last season, Myles Gaskin was a 259-carry workhorse, and only two other players scored more than four touchdowns as the wideouts struggled.

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