The Army Black Knights (2-0) visit the Cincinnati Bearcats (1-0) for a 3:30 p.m. ET contest at Nippert Stadium on Saturday. Below, we analyze the Army-Cincinnati college football betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
The Bearcats are ranked 16h in the Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Army at Cincinnati: Betting odds and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 6:52 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Army +380 | Cincinnati -527
- Against the spread/ATS: Army +13 (-110) | Cincinnati -13 (-110)
- Over/Under: 44.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Army at Cincinnati: Three things to know
1. The host Bearcats defeated Austin Peay 55-20 last week. QB Desmond Ridder completed 13 of 19 passes for 196 yards with two touchdowns. RB Gerrid Doaks scored four TDs as part of a 525-yard afternoon for the UC offense. A stout Bearcat defense didn’t allow a TD until garbage time in the fourth quarter.
2. Army has outscored its two foes (Middle Tennessee and Louisiana-Monroe) by a combined 79-7 in winning its first two games. The Black Knights piled up 779 rushing yards over those two games. Army is looking to start a season 3-0 for the first time since 2016.
3. Cincinnati tallied double-digit point totals in all four quarters of its win over Austin Peay. The Bearcats only benefited from one short-field drive; they had five TD drives of 62 yards or more. The defense-first UC gridiron squad has scored 38 points-plus in five of its last nine games.
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Army at Cincinnati: Odds, betting lines and picks
Prediction
Cincinnati 28, Army 14
Money line (ML)
PASS. Prices much past 250 usually have enough juice where only a wildly inaccurate line will fall outside the tag at either end.
Against the spread (ATS)
Last season the Bearcats tended to play a lot of games within one score of the cover either way. Cincinnati was a bit “turnover-unlucky” in 2019, not benefiting from opponent fumbles and its own pass defense as much as break-ups would indicate. HC Luke Fickell is highly regarded as is the staff he has built, and the Bearcats are recruiting at a high level for a Power-5. And that last area – in this the year where depth needs to be a key in nearly every football wager – is a big difference maker in this one.
Army brings a change-up look, to be sure. But back the BEARCATS -13 in this one.
Over/Under (O/U)
The Under is 7-1 in the Bearcats’ last eight home games. The low side is also 4-1 in UC’s last five games as a favorite. That’s the lean here. Back the UNDER 44.5.
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