The Memphis Tigers (7-3, 5-3 AAC) and the FAU Owls (5-3, 4-2 C-USA) meet Wednesday for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff at the Cramton Bowl for the inaugural Montgomery Bowl. Below, we analyze the Memphis-FAU college football betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Memphis vs. FAU: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:21 a.m. ET.
- Money line: FAU +260 (bet $100 to win $260) | Memphis -350 (bet $350 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: FAU +8.5 (-110) | Memphis -8.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 50.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Memphis vs. FAU: Three things to know
- These teams met in the 2007 New Orleans Bowl, FAU’s first postseason appearance in program history. The Owls rolled to a 44-27 win behind QB Rusty Smith for head coach Howard Schnellenberger, the legendary coach who is responsible for bringing college football to Boca Raton.
- Memphis won its first three NCAA sanctioned bowl games but is just 2-8 in its past 10 postseason appearances, including a 5-game slide. Memphis is 0-4 ATS in the past four neutral-site games, and 0-5 ATS during its current bowl game losing streak.
- FAU has never lost a bowl game, going 4-0 SU/ATS. The Owls are also 7-1 ATS in the past eight games against teams with a winning record. They beat SMU, another AAC team, 52-28 in the Boca Raton Bowl last season.
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Memphis vs. FAU: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Memphis 38, FAU 24
Money line (ML)
Memphis (-350) is a risky play based upon its recent bowl season futility, as well as the fact FAU (+260) is unbeaten in bowl games. AVOID and look to the spread instead.
Against the spread (ATS)
MEMPHIS -8.5 (-110) is the play, but you’re obviously going against the trends in this series. Sometimes trends are made to be broken, however. It’s obviously documented that FAU was great under past head coaches Schnellenberger and Lane Kiffin, but this is its first appearance under Willie Taggart. The Owls are just 1-4 ATS across the past five games overall, and the offense has really struggled to put up points.
Over/Under (O/U)
OVER 50.5 (-115) is a risky play considering FAU’s defense allowed 20 or fewer points in each of its games except for one. The offense has scored 24 or fewer points in six of eight games, including three games of 10 points or less. Still, the Tigers aren’t terribly effective on defense, and their offense will be able to crack the code of the Owls’ D.
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