Week 5: North Texas vs FAU 10/1/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The North Texas Mean Green and FAU Owls square off Saturday in week 5 college football action at Apogee Stadium. The Florida Atlantic Owls look to get back to a .500 record. The North Texas Mean Green also look to get to a 3-3 record.

The Florida Atlantic Owls have lost 7 of their last 8 road games. N’Kosi Perry is completing 58.2 percent of his passes for 1,217 yards, 13 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. LaJohntay Wester and Jahmal Edrine have combined for 574 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns, while Je’Quan Burton has 12 receptions. The Florida Atlantic Owls ground game is averaging 215 yards per contest, and Larry McCammon leads the way with 433 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, FAU is allowing 26.2 points and 401.6 yards per game. Eddie Williams leads the Florida Atlantic Owls with 51 tackles, Jayden Williams has 2 sacks and Dwight Toombs has 2 interceptions.

The North Texas Mean Green have split their last 8 home games. Austin Aune is completing 54.5 percent of his passes for 1,316 yards, 12 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Roderic Burns and Ja’Mori Maclin have combined for 572 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns, while Jyaire Shorter has 10 receptions. The North Texas Mean Green ground game is averaging 199.8 yards per contest, and Ayo Adeyi leads the way with 360 yards and 1 touchdown. Defensively, North Texas is allowing 38 points and 469 yards per game. KD Davis leads the North Texas Mean Green with 43 tackles, Mazin Richards has 2 sacks and Quinn Whitlock has 1 interception.

The Owls are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games and 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall. The Mean Green are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games in October and 6-0 ATS in their last 6 conference games. The under is 19-7 in Owls last 26 games overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Mean Green last 6 games in October. The Owls are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings. The home team is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 meetings.

The Florida Atlantic Owls are coming off a competitive game against Purdue they could have easily won, and now 2 of their 3 losses have been decided by 3 or fewer points. The North Texas Mean Green haven’t been nearly as competitive through 5 games, and they’re 122nd in total defense, 118th in rush defense and 119th in scoring defense. FAU should be a confident team based on last week and should have a field day on the offensive side here. I’ll gladly lay the field goal with the Owls on the road.