The annual Army-Navy game is always one of the biggest spectacles in college football year in and year out. Being a standalone game on Saturday, there are plenty of eyes on this matchup and for good reason. Even though there aren't traditionally many points scored between these teams, the games are traditionally close and entertaining. Will Army win this year’s installment or can the Navy win as outright underdogs? Let’s get into it.
Here is my Army vs Navy Same Game Parlay for Saturday’s matchup, which will be televised starting at 3:00 pm ET on CBS. Also, be sure to check out our full Army vs Navy predictions.
One of the benefits of Same Game Parlays, of course, is that you can correlate the plays. That is some of the plan here, as Army covering the spread and the game going over correlates with Bryson Daily to score a touchdown.
Army -2.5 (-110)
The Black Knights are the much better offense in this game, as Army checks in at 67th in rushing success rate, about average among all FBS teams. They should see success against a Navy defense that has struggled mightily to stop anyone, ranking 116th in rushing success rate allowed and outside the top 100 in EPA per dropback (CFB-Graphs). Even though Army has a slightly below average passing offense (86th in EPA per pass), the Black Knights are still far better than the Midshipmen, who rank dead lass in EPA per pass among all FBS teams this season. Given that Army is playing some of its best football of the season from a metrics perspective over the last 5 weeks, I like the Black Knights to win a close one for their second straight victory in this rivalry. I'll be taking Army at under a field goal