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Cincinnati vs SMU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

Cincinnati vs SMU prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Saturday, October 22

Cincinnati vs SMU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Gerald J Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Cincinnati (5-1), SMU (3-3)
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Cincinnati vs SMU Game Preview

Why Cincinnati Will Win

The Bearcats got a week off, and they looked like they needed it.

They’re on track to be in the mix for a New Year’s Six bowl slot if they can keep winning, but they struggled to get by a mediocre USF team, the passing game hasn’t quite cranked up like it should, and the run defense is coming off a tough day.

Again, the time off should be a huge help.

SMU is going to throw it around the yard, but the offense isn’t going to control the clock for more than 25 minutes, the run defense isn’t going to hold up, and Cincinnati should be able to grind this out.

But …

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Why SMU Will Win

The Mustangs might be able to bomb away on the Bearcats.

Arkansas has a fantastic offense, but it doesn’t necessarily have a high-powered passing game. Indiana doesn’t either, and neither does Tulsa, but all of them were able to push past 220 yards through the air.

SMU might have lost three in a row before taking down Navy, but it faced Maryland and UCF on the road and TCU at home – no shame in any of those – and the passing game worked against all of them.

For all of the good things Cincinnati does, it’s not great on third downs defensively, the pass defense will give up the occasional big play, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Here comes the pass rush. SMU will come up with passing yards, but the Bearcat’s will get into the backfield with of the nation’s best pass rushes – no one comes up with more tackles for loss per game.

The Bearcat offense will be balanced, the running game will be great, and it’ll get out of Dallas with a strong win even if it takes a full four quarters to close it out.

SMU will keep pushing, but two late turnovers will matter.

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Cincinnati vs SMU Prediction, Line

Cincinnati 34, SMU 27
Line: Cincinnati -3.5, o/u: 58.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Cincinnati vs SMU Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5
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Cincinnati vs SMU Prediction, Game Preview

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Cincinnati vs SMU prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 20

Cincinnati vs SMU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 20
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Cincinnati (10-0), SMU (8-2)
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Why SMU Will Win

Cincinnati isn’t playing all that well.

Give it full and total credit for going into South Bend and giving Notre Dame its only loss of the season, but that’s it. That’s Cincinnati’s “Mambo No. 5” one-hit wonder followed up by a bunch of duds.

It’s not that the schedule has been lousy – up until this, the Bearcats haven’t played a team other than the Irish that has a win over a Power Five team, and that includes Indiana – it’s that it’s been such a struggle against the sad.

Where are the 52-3 blowouts over the awful teams? There was one over Temple, but that’s it.
So what’s the problem?

The running game has been wildly inconsistent, there are just enough turnovers to matter – six in the last two games – and it’s been too much of a struggle overall until the last few minutes.

SMU has the offense to take care of all of that.

Including Notre Dame, Cincinnati has yet to deal with anyone who can bomb away. The SMU offense leads the American Athletic Conference in total offense, partly because the offensive line leads the league in sacks allowed, and that all helps the team lead the was in scoring, too.

No, it hasn’t always been easy for the Mustangs against the mediocre teams, there’s a different standard here – no one’s putting in the College Football Playoff hunt.

However, win this, beat Tulsa next week, and it’s in the American Athletic Conference championship f Houston beats Cincinnati.

With all of that said …

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Why Cincinnati Will Win

Blah blah blah blah blah.

Yeah, Cincinnati hasn’t played well enough over the last month for a team that’s supposedly the second or third best in the country according to some polls, but it’s winning, it’s winning by a lot in most of these battles – by 19 over Tulane and 17 against USF – and now we get to see what it can do when it really matters.

Those close games against awful teams won’t mean spit if the Bearcats roll SMU, at East Carolina, and against Houston in the AAC Championship.

Lost in the overall narrative is that Demond Ridder got better. The veteran quarterback wasn’t accurate enough early in the season – yeah, he didn’t hit 60% of his passes against Notre Dame, Indiana, and UCF, aka, the good teams – but he’s been far more accurate over the back half of the season, he’s running well, and he’s making up for the team’s inconsistencies in the running game.

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What’s Going To Happen

Not yet.

It’s coming. Watch out for that trip to East Carolina, and Houston isn’t going to be any sort of a pushover, but if Cincinnati biffs its possible run to the College Football Playoff, it’s not going to be here.

SMU will put up numbers. QB Tanner Mordecai will wing it around the yards for around 300 yards, there will be moments when it looks like the big moment is happening, but Cincinnati’s lines will take over as the game goes on.

It’ll be more of a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race thing. Don’t expect dynamic, but Ridder is about to go off.

SMU couldn’t do a thing against Houston or Memphis – allowing 864 passing yards in the two games – and it somehow managed to make Tulane and UCF look like they could throw.
No. Not yet.

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Cincinnati vs SMU Prediction, Lines

Cincinnati 45, SMU 28
Line: Cincinnati -11, o/u: 65
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 4.5

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Cincinnati vs SMU Broadcast

Date: Saturday, October 24
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
Network: ESPN2

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Why Cincinnati Will Win

The Bearcat defense is about to get a big test, and it has the talent to come through.

It held the Army running game to 182 yards, and despite allowing over 200 passing yards in two of the three games, the production didn’t really go anywhere.

The Bearcats lead the nation in pass efficiency defense, but to be fair, they haven’t faced anything like the SMU offense. Even so, the seven interceptions in three games are impressive – five against USF – and the D has yet to allow a touchdown pass.

On the other side, here comes the Bearcat running game. It hasn’t been a killer so far, but it should be able to roll for at least 200 yards against a D that gave up 189 rushing yards or more in the four games against FBS teams.

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Why SMU Will Win

Can Cincinnati keep up the pace? It has the defense, and it has a good enough ground game, but its style is about keeping control and not having to get into a shootout.

Now the Bearcats have to go from 0-to-60 when it comes to dealing with a real passing game. SMU’s air show hasn’t just been great; it has taken things to another level under head coach Sonny Dykes. The Mustangs threw for over 700 yards in the first two games, and then went off against Tulane and Memphis for well over 400 yards against each one.

With this offense, SMU has been able to control the clock, win on third downs, and it has the potential to take Cincinnati out of its game.

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What’s Going To Happen

Get ready for Cincinnati to stretch its offensive legs a bit, because it’ll have to.

SMU will come up with enough production with the passing game to keep everything going, but it’ll stall too often. The Bearcats will bend but not break enough as the one of the nation’s best red zone defenses will hold firm and hold on late.

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Cincinnati vs SMU Prediction, Line

Cincinnati 38, SMU 34
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SMU -2.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 4

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