The Boston College Eagles (1-2) travel to Doak Campbell Stadium to take on the Florida State Seminoles (3-0) Saturday at 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Boston College at Florida State odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
With QBs Phil Jurkovec and Jordan Travis leading the way for BC and FSU, this could have been a wonderful QB matchup. But with Travis missing this game after being injured against Louisville and Jurkovec having a season to forget behind a decimated offensive line, this game will instead be a run first, defense-laden game.
So far this season, these teams have combined to go 5-1 toward the under while BC has been winless against the spread (ATS) in their games.
Florida State, even without Travis, will be the better team after winning its 1st ACC game last week against Louisville 35-31. It will be important for the Seminoles to get this game as their next set of opponents include Clemson, NC State and Wake Forest. 3 of the teams they face in the Atlantic Division of the ACC. Boston College on the other hand is just looking to remain close and hopefully play spoiler.
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Boston College at Florida State odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 11:04 a.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): Boston College +650 (bet $100 to win $650) | Florida State -1000 (bet $1,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Boston College +17.5 (-112) | Florida State -17.5 (-108)
- Over/Under (O/U): 48.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Boston College at Florida State picks and predictions
Prediction
Florida State 27, Boston College 13
Money line
PASS.
Do not bet. The ML is too high on either side to make this a worthy bet.
Against the spread
Take the underdog BC -17.5 (-112) here.
BC has looked terrible so far this season. Jurkovec has gone from 1st-round NFL Draft hopeful to 2nd-day hopeful. His offensive line has been decimated by graduation and injury and the offense is faltering because of it.
Florida State, although 3-0, is also not putting up a lot of points. Not enough to be favored by more than 3 scores against BC.
If Travis was playing in this game, I might feel different. But in a game which should remain low scoring and close, I would play BC. This is my favorite play in this game.
Over/Under
TAKE UNDER 48.5 (-115) in this matchup.
BC was only able to put up 21 points against Rutgers in Week 1. Against FCS Maine, they only managed 38 last week. They have had an easy schedule and have still been unable to perform to a level which makes me think they can score. So far this season, all 3 of their games have hit the Under.
For Florida State, 2 of their 3 games have hit the Under. The only reason it was not 3 out of 3 was due to their starting DE and impact transfer Jared Verse going out. This allowed Louisville to score and forced Florida State to keep up. BC does not have the weapons to make this an offensive game. So, defenses will prevail and so will the UNDER.
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