Louisiana vs. Arkansas State Odds & Best Bets: Road Dog Won’t Bite in Sun Belt Tonight

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will aim to keep their bowl hopes alive when they travel to face the Arkansas State Red Wolves in Sun Belt action tonight. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Arkansas State still has an outside shot at playing in the Sun Belt championship game. The Red Wolves fell to conference leader Southern Miss, 27-21, last time out. Arkansas State needs to win its last two games, and Southern Miss needs to drop both of its remaining contests.

Arkansas State is a 2.5-point home favorite with a total of 53.5 at DraftKings, where 71% of the spread handle and 67% of tickets are on the Red Wolves.

Best Louisiana vs. Arkansas State Bet: Against the Spread

Arkansas State -2.5 (-112 at DraftKings)

The Red Wolves are coming off a bye week after losing to Southern Miss, and while a conference championship appearance isn’t likely, Arkansas State can secure a bowl berth with a win tonight. The Red Wolves hadn’t lost a game since September before falling short against Southern Miss.

Louisiana’s defense gives up more than 32.6 points per game, ranking the Ragin’ Cajuns No. 115 nationally. Louisiana has also struggled on the road, compiling a 1-4 record this season. However, Louisiana is riding a two-game winning streak that includes a victory at South Alabama.

Tonight’s game will feature a battle between dual-threat quarterbacks. Louisiana’s Lunch Winfield (stay hungry, my friend) has more than 500 rushing yards on the year. He’s thrown for five TDs and run for three scores in his last two games.

Arkansas State QB Jaylen Raynor threw for 331 yards and two TDs in the loss against Southern Miss, but he was picked off four times. The Red Wolves have one of the worst turnover differentials in FBS at -6. They’ll need to shore that up tonight.

If they can do that, the Red Wolves will cover this short number at home.

Best Player Prop for Arkansas State Red Wolves

QB Jalen Raynor Anytime TD Scorer (-120 at FanDuel)

Louisiana gives up more than 200 yards rushing per game, and the Ragin’ Cajuns have allowed 22 rushing TDs.

Raynor leads Arkansas State with seven rushing TDs this season. With some wind and heavy rain forecasted for tonight, both passing games could be adversely affected. Take the team leader to find the end zone tonight.

Best Player Prop for Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

RB Zylan Perry Anytime TD Scorer (+100 at FanDuel)

Same weather rationale at work here for Zylan Perry. The team’s leading rusher (602) splits carries with backfield mate Bill Davis. Winfield gets his share, too, but his ATTD odds are -155. Perry and Winfield are tied for the team lead in rushing scores at seven.

We’ll take the even-money odds in search of a better payout. If you pair Raynor and Perry as ATTD scorers, and both find paydirt, FanDuel offers +285 odds on that SGP. You have an implied probability of 25.97% to cash that bet.