NCAAF : North Texas vs South Alabama Odds & Prediction (Aug 31, 2024)

Game Info: August 31, 2024 5:00PM EDT @ Hancock Whitney Stadium

Both teams have been inconsistent in covering spreads and hitting over/under totals. North Texas and South Alabama have shown mixed results, occasionally meeting and missing spread and total points expectations, making their performances unpredictable.

Betting Odds and Info

These are the latest odds as of writing:

Moneyline: North Texas +178, South Alabama –212

Spread: North Texas +3.5, South Alabama -3.5

Over/Under: 55.5

Team Recent Performance

North Texas Mean Green

On 26 November they won against UAB with a score of 45-42, covering the spread and hitting an over. On 19 November they won against TLSA with a score of 35-28 covering the spread but hitting an under. They lost to SMU (21-45) on 11th November where they failed to cover the spread and had an under in this match as well. In the match played on 5th November, they lost to UTSA by 29-37 thus missing both the spread and under respectively. Finally, in what seemed like an endless treadmill for North Texas all through the season, they lost 42-45 against MEM but were able to cover the spread as well as experience some overs.

South Alabama Jaguars

They won over EMU on December 24, finishing the game with a score line of 59-10, which met the -17.5 spread and also ensured that total points were more than 42.5. On November 26 TXST defeated them by 44-52 making them lose to -6.5 spread but making points total to be above 56.5 points. They won (28-0) MRSH on November 19 covering a -10.5 spread while recording under total points 45 as well. In November when they played against ARST, they ended up winning by just a few points managing to not cover a -15 spread though going under total 55 points limit as well. To crown it all in a quite boring game TROY defeated them (28-10) which meant that they didn’t make it to +7 spread and thus went below 43.5 overall score range too.

Team Head-to-Head Matchup

In their last matchup, North Texas had a record of 1-0 but failed to cover the spread, resulting in a 0-1 against the spread (ATS) record. On the other hand, South Alabama lost that encounter and similarly failed to cover the spread, also having a 0-1 ATS scoreboard. Offensively, North Texas was impressive as they scored 24 points and rushed for 197 yards. In terms of passing game, they netted 106 yards with 28 attempts that had a completion rate of 42.86%. Conversely, South Alabama could only manage to score 14 points while accumulating rushing yards of 133. They threw for 233 yards using 45 passing attempts which resulted in their completions being at a percentage of 51.11%. Having made total yardage amounting up to 303 with 1 turnover compared to South Alabama’s total yardage amounting up to 366 with 2 turnovers.

Team Injuries

There are no reported injuries on both teams.

SPORTBOOK.AG’s Prediction

South Alabama have a strong recent performance having a dominant win over EMU. South Alabama will win this game.

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