Week 3: Coastal Carolina vs Buffalo 9/17/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Buffalo Bulls square off Saturday in week 3 college football action from Brooks Stadium.

The Buffalo Bulls will look to bounce back after a frustrating 37-31 loss to Holy Cross last time out. Cole Snyder has thrown for 465 yards and 3 touchdowns on 59.4% passing while Mike Washington leads the Bulls with 88 rushing yards this season. Justin Marshall has a team-high 168 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns while Quian Williams has a team-high 11 grabs for 133 yards this season. On defense, Shaun Dolac leads Buffalo with 22 total tackles including 14 solo tackles and a sack while Marcus Fuqua has a sack as well this season.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will try to build on their 31-27 win over Gardner-Webb in their last game. Grayson McCall has thrown for 482 yards, 6 touchdowns and an interception with a 72.3% completion percentage while Reese White has a team-high 168 rushing yards and CJ Beasley has 114 rushing yards as well this season. Sam Pinckney leads the Chanticleers in receiving with 10 catches for 156 receiving yards while Jared Brown has 100 receiving yards on the year. On defense, Lance Boykin has a pair of interceptions and Jahmar Brown has a sack while Shane Bruce has a team-high 14 total tackles this season.

Buffalo is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 road games against a team with a winning home record. Coastal Carolina is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record.

I’ll give the credit where it’s due for the Bulls hanging around with Maryland, but the Bulls losing to Holy Cross was a big blow and not what you want to have to come back from when going down to take on Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers have turned into a tough out, especially at home, and are the much better team here despite Coastal having a bit of a scare put into them by Gardner-Webb. I’ll side with Coastal Carolina in a beatdown.