Coastal Carolina vs UMass 9/25/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers meet the Umass Minutemen and Saturday in week 4 college football action at Brooks Stadium. The Umass Minutemen are still looking for their first win since September of 2019. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers have won 15 straight regular season games.

The Umass Minutemen haven’t won a road game since October of 2018. Brady Olson is completing 53.7 percent of his passes for 502 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions. Rico Arnold and Melvin Hill have combined for 229 receiving yards and two touchdowns while Tray Pettway has six receptions. The Umass Minutemen ground game is averaging 123 yards per contest, and Ellis Merriweather leads the way with 201 yards on 37 carries. Defensively, Umass is allowing 46 points and 531.3 yards per game. Da’Shon Ross leads the Umass Minutemen with 23 tackles, Xavier Gonsalves has one sack and Noah Boykin has three pass deflections.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers haven’t lost a home game since November of 2019. Grayson McCall is completing 78 percent of his passes for 739 yards, six touchdowns and one interception. Jaivon Heiligh and Kameron Brown have combined for 491 receiving yards and four touchdowns while Isaiah Likely has 11 receptions. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers ground game is averaging 229.7 yards per contest, and Shermari Jones leads the way with 292 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, Coastal Carolina is allowing 20.3 points and 352.3 yards per game. Teddy Gallagher leads the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers with 21 tackles, Josaiah Stewart has 3.5 sacks and Alex Spillum has two pass deflections.

The Minutemen are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 non-conference games. The Chanticleers are 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 home games and 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 games overall. The over is 36-16 in Minutemen last 52 games overall. The over is 4-1 in Chanticleers last 5 games overall.

The Umass Minutemen don’t do anything right on the football field, and they have one of the worst defenses in college football. To make matters worse, Coastal Carolina is easily the best team UMass has faced up to this point. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers survived a scare against Buffalo last week, but they’re one of the best offensive teams in the country and are one of the top defenses at defending the pass. Big number, but backing UMass isn’t an option. I’ll lay the chalk with Coastal Carolina at home.