NCAAF
2 Picks.
7:30PM EST: Coastal Carolina vs James Madison Over 60 (2 Units).
These two lead the Sun Belt in PPG at 39 and 38.4. JMU's been boom or bust at times but they're coming off a tough loss and likely to rebound at Home. ULM held them to 19 last week but that defense has played very well this season, and they were on the road. The 2 games prior JMU put up 63 vs Ball Sate and 70 at North Carolina. Coastal Carolina's allowing 29.6 PPG and surrendered 37 to a 1-4 Old Dominion team last week. JMU's also dropped 47 and 56 on Coastal in their 2 meetings since joining the Sun Belt in 2022. The JMU defense has held some bad offenses down, but ULM was able to score, and North Carolina dropped 50 on them. Coastal Carolina has scored 40 or more in 3 of their 5 games and no less than 24 in any.
8:00PM EST: Middle Tennessee vs Louisiana Tech Under 49 (2 Units).
Middle Tennessee ranks 130th averaging just 12 PPG against FBS opponents this year. 2 of them played against Duke and Ole Miss which is just a higher level of football than what MTN plays but they scored just 32 in a late comeback win over an FCS school, scored 21 in a blowout loss to Western Kentucky, and 7 at Memphis just last week. They don't have a single strong offensive showing to date. Louisiana Tech held their only Sun Belt opponent to 17 points. They allowed 23 at Home to Tulsa and 30 @ NC State. The American the next best conference outside the Power 4 and NC State's an established ACC presence. Their defense has played well this season.
The Louisiana Tech offense has really struggled. They scored 25 in Week 1 against FCS opponent Nicholls. A not-so-great FIU defense held them to 10 points in their most recent game too. They've played 3 different QB's and have yet to find an answer. Their ground game's been atrocious, averaging just 2.4 YPC as a team. Even against Nicholls they averaged just 2.7 YPC on 41 attempts.