The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (7-0 overall, 5-0 Sun Belt) visit the Troy Trojans (4-3, 2-2) Saturday for a noon ET kickoff at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Below, we analyze the Coastal Carolina-Troy college football betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Coastal Carolina is ranked No. 17 in the Amway Coaches Poll presented by USA TODAY Sports.
Coastal Carolina at Troy: Betting odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Coastal Carolina -385 (bet $385 to win $100) | Troy +300 (bet $100 to win $300)
- Against the spread/ATS: Coastal Carolina -10.5 (-106) | Troy +10.5 (-115)
- Over/Under: 54.5 (O: -106 | U: -115)
Coastal Carolina at Troy: Three things to know
- Coastal Carolina edged Troy 36-35 when these two Sun Belt foes met last season. CCU finished off the game with a touchdown and a 2-point conversion with 30 seconds remaining. The Chanticleers and Trojans combined to crank out 976 total yards in the game at CCU.
- Troy starting QB Gunnar Watson has been out for a couple weeks with a ribs injury. He’s day-to-day heading into the weekend. Backup QB Jacob Free has been capable in throwing for a 957 yards this season.
- The Chanticleers have logged a third-down conversion rate over 55% in five of their games this season. CCU’s 52.9% rate for the season ranks 12th in FBS.
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Coastal Carolina at Troy: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Coastal Carolina 31, Troy 28
Money line (ML)
TAKE THE TROJANS (+300) as an undercard play. Troy has a defensive front seven that can help turn this into a one-score game. Add in the Chanticleers being just too far out over their skis with the overall ranking, and the +300 tag is worth a go.
Against the spread (ATS)
Play-by-play analytics like Troy more than the picture painted by point-per-game averages, and that’s true on both sides of the ball. Head coach Chip Lindsey — a former offensive coordinator at Auburn — has a passing game that figures to be able to test Coastal Carolina more than most of the opponents making up its 7-0 record.
Troy has had a significant recruiting edge over the Chanticleers in recent cycles. Peg the TROJANS +10.5 (-115) as being within a score in this tilt on home turf.
Over/Under (O/U)
Recent O/U trends on both sides have this number tamped down too far. In a game where Troy figures to stay with Coastal for maybe three quarters or more, BACK THE OVER 54.5 (-106).
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