The Southern Miss Golden Eagles (0-1) travel to take on the Miami Hurricanes (1-0) in Hard Rock Stadium with Saturday’s kickoff at noon ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Southern Miss vs. Miami odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
Miami comes into the game after trouncing Bethune-Cookman 70-7 in their season opener. The Hurricanes barely had to break a sweat in that one, even though they were playing in the heat of the Miami sun. Although a more difficult assignment, Southern Miss is also not likely to provide much competition as the Hurricanes get amped up for ACC play and a trip to Kyle Field to face Texas A&M in a few weeks.
Southern Miss comes into this game after a 29-27 overtime loss to Liberty, who lost starting QB Charlie Brewer (broken hand). Although Southern Miss appears improved this season after an injury plagued 2021, they are not up to the level of Miami and QB Tyler Van Dyke.
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Southern Miss at Miami odds
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 12:32 a.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): Southern Miss +1000 (bet $100 to win $1,000) | Miami -2500 (bet $2,500 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Southern Miss +25.5 (-110) | Miami -25.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 54.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Southern Miss at Miami picks and predictions
Prediction
Miami 45 Southern Miss 13
Money line
PASS. Simply, -2500 is not a ML you should take.
Although this is a fair price, you should not lay $2,500 to win $100 on anything. Instead, use $100 and place it on something else in this game.
Against the spread
LEAN MIAMI -25.5 (-110)
Miami is the better team and they are playing at home. Van Dyke is one of the best QBs in the nation and against the Southern Miss defense, he will show why he was getting preseason Heisman Trophy buzz.
Over/Under
OVER 54.5 (-110)
What do you get when you combine a good pass offense with a bad pass defense? We are certain to find out as Van Dyke and the Hurricanes will be throwing it all over the field against the Golden Eagles. Not to be outdone, Miami does not have an elite defense either. Southern Miss will not score a lot of points, but they will score enough to put this game into the Over.
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