The No. 14 Syracuse Orange (6-0, 3-0 ACC) and the No. 5 Clemson Tigers (7-0, 5-0) play Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET (ABC). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Syracuse vs. Clemson odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
The Orange head south looking to stay unbeaten and climb to the top of the ACC Atlantic Division standings. Syracuse is coming off a 24-9 home win over NC State as a 3-point favorite last time out, moving to 5-1 ATS overall on the season.
The Tigers are not only 7-0 overall, and 5-0 inside the ACC, but they’re 4-0 in the Atlantic Division. A win here won’t quite clinch the division and punch their ticket to the ACC Championship Game, but it will move the Tigers much closer after having already topped Florida State, NC State and Wake Forest.
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Syracuse at Clemson odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 10:08 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Syracuse +440 (bet $100 to win $440) | Clemson -650 (bet $650 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Syracuse +13.5 (-108) | Clemson -13.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 50.5 (O: -107 | U: -115)
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Syracuse at Clemson picks and predictions
Prediction
Clemson 30, Syracuse 20
Moneyline
Clemson (-650) will cost you over 6 times your potential return, and that’s just too much risk for not enough return. Syracuse usually plays the Tigers tough, so that’s even more of a problem.
AVOID.
Against the spread
SYRACUSE +13.5 (-108) heads into this one with a 5-1 ATS mark across the past 6 outings, while going 5-2 ATS in the past 7 on the road and 9-4 ATS in the previous 13 ACC games. Coach Dino Babers has this team playing well, RB Sean Tucker is a star in the making and WR Oronde Gadsden II can help spread the field.
This isn’t a boring Orange offense that has the tools to just hang for a half. Syracuse can go the whole 60 minutes and will give Clemson its most difficult test yet. If this game were in upstate New York, we might be considering an upset.
Over/Under
UNDER 50.5 (-115) is the lean here.
The Under has cashed in each of Syracuse’s past 4 ACC games and is 5-2 in its last 7 games overall.
The Over has hit in 4 of the last 5 games overall for Clemson, but the Under is 4-1-1 in its last 6 following a cover, and, more importantly, the Under has hit in 5 of the previous 6 meetings in this series.
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