The Temple Owls (2-3, 0-1 AAC) and the UCF Knights (4-1, 1-0) meet in a conference game Thursday at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Temple vs. UCF odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
The Owls have been awful on offense but have played tremendous defense. This team lost 24-3 at Memphis last time out on Oct. 1, and it has been outscored 54-3 in a pair of road games while going 0-2 ATS. The offense ranks just 125th with 282.8 total yards per game.
The Knights have scored 27 or more points in 3 straight games, and 4 of 5 games overall. The defense has been tremendous, however, allowing 20 or fewer points in all 5 outings and the Under has hit in 4 in a row.
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Temple at UCF odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:46 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Temple +1300 (bet $100 to win $1,300) | UCF -3000 (bet $3,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Temple +23.5 (-112) | UCF -23.5 (-108)
- Over/Under (O/U): 45.5 (O: -112 | U: -108)
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Temple at UCF picks and predictions
Prediction
UCF 29, Temple 9
Moneyline
UCF (-3000) is a strong play based on Temple’s road struggles to date. However, you cannot risk 30 times your potential bet, as there is just nothing to gain playing huge money lines like that, especially over the long term.
PASS.
Against the spread
TEMPLE +23.5 (-112) has really struggled on the road this season, managing just 1 field goal in 2 road outings. It won’t do much here, either, although the Owls should be able to keep the Knights at least within arm’s length thanks to their own legit D.
It won’t be a close game, but the Owls should be able to keep it within 3 touchdowns.
Over/Under
UNDER 45.5 (-108) is the best play on the board, mostly due to Temple’s poor offense and its strong D.
The Under is 4-1 in Temple’s past 5 games and it’s 4-1 in its past 5 on the road. The Under has also cashed in 4 straight outings for UCF, while going 4-1 in the past 5 games at home for the Knights, too.
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