The Temple Owls (2-3, 0-1 AAC) and the UCF Knights (4-1, 1-0) meet in a conference game Thursday at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Temple vs. UCF odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
The Owls have been awful on offense but have played tremendous defense. This team lost 24-3 at Memphis last time out on Oct. 1, and it has been outscored 54-3 in a pair of road games while going 0-2 ATS. The offense ranks just 125th with 282.8 total yards per game.
The Knights have scored 27 or more points in 3 straight games, and 4 of 5 games overall. The defense has been tremendous, however, allowing 20 or fewer points in all 5 outings and the Under has hit in 4 in a row.
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