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Central Michigan vs Akron Prediction, Game Preview

Central Michigan vs Akron game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Central Michigan vs Akron prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Central Michigan vs Akron How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: InfoCision Stadium, Akron, OH
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Central Michigan (1-5), Akron (1-5)
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Central Michigan vs Akron Game Preview

Why Central Michigan Will Win

So what’s going wrong?

This is supposed to be one of the best teams in the MAC, and the season can’t get going with a wildly inconsistent offense, too many turnovers, and no breaks whatsoever.

However, the defense is holding up. It’s having a few issues against the run, but it’s been great in the secondary over the past few games, the pass rush is good, and there are a ton of plays generated behind the line.

The Akron offensive line is about to give up more than ten tackles for loss against this Chippewa group.

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Why Akron Will Win

Central Michigan is 1-5 with the arrow pointing down. Akron is 1-5, but it’s more interesting under new head coach Joe Moorhead.

The passing game is coming off a 418-yard day in the 55-34 loss to Ohio, the running game worked in the loss to Bowling Green the week before, and there are signs that this could eventually start to turn to the positive.

Can the D do anything to take the ball away? Central Michigan has turned it over 11 times in the last four games, and Akron needs the help because …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Akron secondary is about to get picked apart.

Accurate quarterbacks who can spread it around roll against the Zips, and CMU’s Daniel Richardson should finally perk back up after a rough month. He’ll throw for close to 300 yards as the Chippewas finally get a win over an FBS team.

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Central Michigan vs Akron Prediction, Line

Central Michigan 34, Akron 23
Line: Central Michigan -14, o/u: 59
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Central Michigan vs Akron Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Arkansas State vs Southern Miss Prediction, Game Preview

Arkansas State vs Southern Miss game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Arkansas State vs Southern Miss prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Arkansas State vs Southern Miss How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: MM Roberts Stadium, Hattiesburg, MS
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Arkansas State (2-4), Southern Miss (2-3)
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Arkansas State vs Southern Miss Game Preview

Why Arkansas State Will Win

The Red Wolves haven’t been able to do anything on the ground, but James Blackman and the passing game have been fine, they’ll hit at least 250 yards against the Southern Miss defense, and then they have to get the pass rush going.

The Golden Eagles aren’t going to control the clock – they’re awful on third downs – partly because the offensive front gives up too many plays in the backfield. The ASU pass rush isn’t anything special, but the line will come up with tackles for loss.

However …

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Why Southern Miss Will Win

The Arkansas State offensive line is scuffling.

It’s having its moments, but the running game isn’t doing much on a consistent basis and it’s not great against good pass rushing fronts. Southern Miss it bringing it in the backfield – it’s second in the Sun Belt and seventh in the nation averaging 3.6 sacks per game.

This isn’t a power-blocking ASU bunch. You can hammer on this USM D, but get wide or have a slow developing play and it’ll pounce.

It’s this simple for the Golden Eagles, though …

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What’s Going To Happen

Turnovers. USM turned it over 12 times in the three losses and didn’t give it away in the two wins. Arkansas State’s defense doesn’t force enough mistakes with just four takeaways on the year.

The offenses will struggle – the running games won’t do much of anything. At home, the Southern Miss defense will be better.

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Arkansas State vs Southern Miss Prediction, Line

Southern Miss 30, Arkansas State 24
Line: Southern Miss -4.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Arkansas State vs Southern Miss Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina Prediction, Game Preview

Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Old Dominion (2-3), Coastal Carolina (6-0)
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Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina Game Preview

Why Old Dominion Will Win

The Monarchs are throwing well enough to keep up.

There’s no running game, so the offense relies on Hayden Wolff to keep the offense going, and the defense takes care of the rest – it has to throw Coastal Carolina off of its rhythm.

As long as the takeaways are coming – five in the opener against Virginia Tech and nine in the last three games – and if the pass rush can bother Grayson McCall, this should be a fight.

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Why Coastal Carolina Will Win

Old Dominion really doesn’t have a running game, and that’s just part of the reason why it’s unable to control the clock.

The offense is miserable on third downs, it’s coming up with the second-fewest first downs in college football, and Coastal Carolina will take advantage of all of it.

The Chanticleers will own the clock, they won’t turn the ball over enough to matter, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Old Dominion will battle.

It’ll seem like Coastal Carolina is dominating the game, but the Monarchs will hang around and keep this close into the fourth quarter. They won’t be effective enough to take advantage of the opportunities, but they’ll make it fun.

Coastal Carolina will be too brutally efficient.

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Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina Prediction, Line

Coastal Carolina 34, Old Dominion 24
Line: Coastal Carolina -11, o/u: 57.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Old Dominion vs Coastal Carolina Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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New Mexico vs New Mexico State Prediction, Game Preview

New Mexico vs New Mexico State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

New Mexico vs New Mexico State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

New Mexico vs New Mexico State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM
How To Watch: FloFootball
Record: New Mexico (2-4), New Mexico State (1-5)
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New Mexico vs New Mexico State Game Preview

Why New Mexico Will Win

The defense is playing well enough to keep the New Mexico State offense from doing much of anything.

The Lobos might not have a brick wall up front, but they’re great at getting to the quarterback at forcing takeaways. Biggest of all, they can stop the run.

New Mexico State hasn’t thrown for 140 yards since the opener against Nevada, and the running game that worked so well against Hawaii a few weeks ago didn’t work against a miserable FIU D.

However …

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Why New Mexico State Will Win

It’s not like New Mexico’s offense is humming.

It hasn’t pushed past 170 yards so far, it hasn’t hit 200 rushing yards against an FBS team, and overall it’s averaging just 260 yards per game. The big problem is a line that can’t keep defenses out of the backfield and isn’t generating enough of a push for the ground game.

The Lobos also have a turnover problem with five in the last two games and multiple giveaways in four of the six games. However …

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What’s Going To Happen

New Mexico State doesn’t force enough mistakes to overcome the other problems.

Weird things sometimes happen in this in-state rivalry, but New Mexico has won three straight, the defense will be far better, and it’ll come up with a wee bit more offensive balance.

Points will be at a premium. Neither side can hit field goals, but New Mexico will get a few in the second half to get comfortable.

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New Mexico vs New Mexico State Prediction, Line

New Mexico 23, New Mexico State 13
Line: New Mexico -6.5, o/u: 37.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4
New Mexico vs New Mexico State Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Kent State vs Toledo Prediction, Game Preview

Kent State vs Toledo game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Kent State vs Toledo prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Kent State vs Toledo How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Glass Ball, Toledo, OH
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Record: Kent State (2-4), Toledo (4-2)
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Kent State vs Toledo Game Preview

Why Kent State Will Win

The Golden Flash offense has stated to perk up.

It wasn’t its normal FlashFast self against a nasty schedule, but it kicked back in once MAC play started with the passing game rolling for over 700 yards in the last two weeks. The O still goes 100 miles per hour, no one in the MAC is better at hitting the downfield passes, and everything is there to keep up with the Rocket attack.

Toledo does a lot of things right, but the passing attack is hit or miss, there aren’t a ton of plays happening behind the line, and …

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Why Toledo Will Win

The Rockets are finally rolling.

There’s no dogging the blowout loss at Ohio State, but the missed putt against San Diego State and its awful offense was unforgivable. Even so, everything is working once MAC play started with the offense taking advantage of everything in easy wins over Central Michigan and Northern Illinois.

The O is just fine on its own, but it’s the defense that stepped up with seven takeaways in the last two games. It’ll give up a whole bunch of yards, but as long as the D is making plays, everything is fine.

Kent State has chilled on the turnovers, but it’s not above giving them up in bunches.

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What’s Going To Happen

Really, who wants to have some fun?

Both defenses are a bit better than they get credit for, but that’s about to go out the window in this with both offenses going off right out of the gate.

Toledo can’t stop anyone from throwing, and Kent State will throw well. Kent State’s defense isn’t going to stop Toledo from doing what it wants with a good balance to go along with the explosion.

The Rockets will be just a wee bit better and more efficient at home.

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Kent State vs Toledo Prediction, Line

Toledo 44, Kent State 37
Line: Toledo -7.5, o/u: 61.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Kent State vs Toledo Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Louisiana Tech vs North Texas Prediction, Game Preview

Louisiana Tech vs North Texas game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Louisiana Tech vs North Texas prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Louisiana Tech vs North Texas How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Apogee Stadium, Denton, TX
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Louisiana Tech (2-3), North Texas (3-3)
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Louisiana Tech vs North Texas Game Preview

Why Louisiana Tech Will Win

The Bulldogs desperately needed a win to get the season going, and it came through with a 41-31 shootout against a decent UTEP defense.

The offense was fine, but the four takeaways played the biggest role. North Texas is having a turnover problem with 12 on the year and seven over the last three games.

The Mean Green offense is struggling on third downs, it’s forcing too many throws leading to picks, and the run defense can be plowed on. However …

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Why North Texas Will Win

Louisiana Tech doesn’t run well enough to matter.

It had one big explosion in the win over Stephen F Austin, but that’s been it. It’ll try running on the soft Mean Green defensive front, but it needs to throw to win.

The passing yards will be there, but getting into a shootout with North Texas is a problem. The Mean Green ran on Florida Atlantic for 300 yards, threw for close to 700 yards in the previous two games, and they’ll find a way to get everything going.

As long as the running game works – and it should be able to on the Bulldog front – they’ll control this.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both offenses will have some fun.

Louisiana Tech will wing it around for close to 300 yards, but North Texas will be a bit more balanced. When it runs well, it does better – it doesn’t want to make this about who can be more effective through the air.

Both teams will turn the ball over a few times, but at home the North Texas offense will be more effective and consistent.

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Louisiana Tech vs North Texas Prediction, Line

North Texas 38, Louisiana Tech 34
Line: North Texas -6.5, o/u: 67.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Louisiana Tech vs North Texas Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Stanford game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Notre Dame vs Stanford prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

Notre Dame vs Stanford How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
How To Watch: NBC/Peacock
Record: Notre Dame (3-2), Stanford (1-4)
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Notre Dame vs Stanford Game Preview

Why Stanford Will Win

The Cardinal were so close to looking like they were finally about to turn the season around.

They had Oregon State in big trouble, it was over, and then a late rally with a miraculous final play ended in disaster for a 1-4 start with four straight Pac-12 defeats and no wins yet over an FBS team.

But they didn’t play all that poorly.

Scoring has been a fight and the running game sputtered against the Beavers, but the turnover problem from the first three games slowed down.

There aren’t any penalties – Stanford leads the nation in fewest sins – and the passing game is just efficient enough to push the Notre Dame D. However …

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Why Notre Dame Will Win

Again, the scoring for Stanford – it’s not there. It’s been a chore for the offense to close out drives with anything meaningful thanks to a line that allows way too many sacks and big plays.

But that’s not the real problem.

The defensive front has been a nightmare against the run allowing 5.6 yards per carry and an average of 211 yards per game. This is the wrong time to be dealing with the Irish.

The 0-2 start is well in the rearview mirror with three straight fun wins – in completely different ways – and it starts with a ground game that found something that works.

The running back combination of Auric Estime and Chris Tyree has been great, and QB Drew Pyne is red hot hitting 75% of his throws over the last three games with eight touchdown passes.

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What’s Going To Happen

Stanford continues to be just good enough to lose tastefully.

It’ll hang around and score enough here and there to make the Irish keep fighting, but it won’t be able to come through in the second half after the run defense starts to struggle.

The Notre Dame win over BYU was the real corner-turner. Hanging on against Cal and beating North Carolina was nice, but BYU is a strong team that couldn’t handle what the Irish were able to do offensively as the game went on.

Stanford won’t be able to, either.

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Notre Dame vs Stanford Prediction, Line

Notre Dame 41, Stanford 20
Line: Notre Dame -17, o/u: 53
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Notre Dame vs Stanford Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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ULM vs South Alabama Prediction, Game Preview Lines TV

ULM vs South Alabama game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

ULM vs South Alabama prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

ULM vs South Alabama How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL
How To Watch: NFL Network
Record: ULM (2-4), South Alabama (4-1)
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ULM vs South Alabama Game Preview

Why ULM Will Win

Can the passing game stay sharp?

The Warhawks might have lost to Coastal Carolina 28-21 last week, but Chandler Rogers went off hitting 27-of-30 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns.

This isn’t a high-powered Warhawk passing team, but South Alabama can be thrown on with quick midrange throws. There isn’t enough of a pass rush from the USA defensive front to matter, and on the other side there’s no downfield passing on a consistent basis to take advantage of the shaky ULM secondary.

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Why South Alabama Will Win

The Jaguars just keep getting it done.

There’s nothing flashy about what they do. They’ll come up with 200 passing yards 150ish running yards, and they’ll find ways to come through when needed.

They’re just one weird play against UCLA away from being 5-0 and a national big thing. As long as the takeaways keep coming, that will continue.

ULM doesn’t turn the ball over all that much, but it gave it away five times in the last three games. USA is red hot at forcing mistakes with ten takeaways in the last three games.

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What’s Going To Happen

The fun will continue.

South Alabama will be consistent against the ULM defense with the balanced attack keeping control of the game throughout.

ULM will stay in it and have its chances, but two turnovers early and no takeaways will make it too hard high a hill to climb on the road.

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ULM vs South Alabama Prediction, Line

South Alabama 34, ULM 20
Line: South Alabama -17, o/u: 51.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
ULM vs South Alabama Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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WKU vs Middle Tennessee Prediction, Game Preview

WKU vs Middle Tennessee game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

WKU vs Middle Tennessee prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Saturday, October 15

WKU vs Middle Tennessee How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN
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Record: WKU (3-3), Middle Tennessee (3-3)
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WKU vs Middle Tennessee Game Preview

Why WKU Will Win

The Hilltoppers keep on winging it around.

They might not be as fun as they were in the Bailey Zappe days of last year, but they’re third in the nation in passing, the offense averages close to 500 yards per game, and Middle Tennessee will have to press to keep up.

The biggest key against Middle Tennessee is the ability to keep the mistakes to a minimum. The Hilltoppers don’t have a massive turnover problem, but as long as they’re no worse than -1 against the Blue Raiders they should be fine because …

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Why Middle TennesseeWill Win

The Middle Tennessee defense brings the pressure throughout.

It’s among the best in the nation in sacks, it lives in the backfield with a ton of tackles for loss, and it forces takeaways in bunches with 12 over a four game stretch before failing to come up with one in the 41-14 loss at UAB.

Even with all of that the pass defense isn’t great. However, the Blue Raider passing game can keep up – Chase Cunningham won’t have a problem hitting the 300-yard mark if this gets going.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both teams are going to throw it, and WKU does it better.

Can it limit the turnovers? There will be two, but Middle Tennessee needs to force a few more. The biggest Blue Raider problem will be consistency of the pass rush – it won’t be quite as effective against the quick-hitting WKU passing game.

Expect lots of points, lots of yards, and a fun game with a good finish.

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WKU vs Middle Tennessee Prediction, Line

WKU 38, Middle Tennessee 34
Line: WKU -8, o/u: 67
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
WKU vs Middle Tennessee Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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UCF vs Temple Prediction, Game Preview

UCF vs Temple game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Thursday, October 13

UCF vs Temple prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Thursday, October 13

UCF vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Thursday, October 13
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: FBS Mortgage Stadium, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Temple (2-3), UCF (4-1)
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UCF vs Temple Game Preview

Why Temple Will Win

Every once in a while a struggling team with a new head coach who’s looking to create an identity can find something to build off of.

Temple just happens to be amazing at generating sacks and coming up with third down stops.

While that might seem a bit small, it’s a big deal to rely on while the other parts are improving.

The D is third in the nation allowing teams to convert just 24% of the time, that stars with a run defense that’s stopping just about everyone cold, and that’s all a part of a pass rush that’s tied for the best in the nation.

Temple’s defense has kept games alive. It’s allowing an average of under 17 points per game, the defense leads the American Athletic Conference, and the game shouldn’t get out of hand, but …

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Why UCF Will Win

Temple hasn’t faced any sort of an offense like this.

Memphis has an offense, and it went for 331 yards in last week’s 24-3 win. Duke rolled up 500 yards in the 30-0 loss, but that’s been about it.

UCF is ripping through everyone on the ground, averaging 253 yards per game with two efforts of over 320 yards in two of the last three games.

The Knights might not be able to do that, but as long as it gets up early everything else should be fine.

Temple’s offense is sputtering. It’s among the least efficient in the nation in passing, there’s no running game, and the only scoring outbursts came against Lafayette and UMass.

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What’s Going To Happen

UCF will get up early and coast from there. The defense might not be a rock – who gives up over 300 passing yards to Georgia Tech? – but it won’t have any issues to deal with.

Temple will throw for over 200 yards, but the ground game won’t go anywhere, it’ll turn it over at least twice, and the run defense get hit harder than it has all year.

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UCF vs Temple Prediction, Line

UCF 34, Temple 10
Line: UCF -23, o/u: 46
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
UCF vs Temple Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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