Houston Cougars -13.5
The Houston Cougars continue to pile up the wins and I think that continues tonight with an easy 2 TD+ win over the South Florida Bulls.
Houston has continued to get better and better as the season has gone on and that was highlighted with an impressive victory over SMU last week. The Cougars offense has been on a roll as they come into this game averaging 37.3 ppg while the defense has also been solid as they are holding opponents to just 19.8 ppg.
South Florida has been decent ATS this season, however, this is a team that has really struggled on both ends of the field. South Florida offense is averaging just 22.6 ppg which is led by their rushing attack which I don’t feel like is going to have much success against a Houston defense that ranks 10th in all of College Football in rushing defense.
The Cougars are 5-1 ATS vs. a team with a losing road record and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 road games. The Bulls are 11-1 ATS in their last 12 games following a ATS loss and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games.
Houston is going to have no problems putting up points against a South Florida defense that is allowing almost 32.0 ppg and as I expect Houston to have no trouble running up the score in this one, I think the Cougars have no issue covering this large road spread. Good Luck!
AUTHOR: Brett Nault
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