Week 8: UTSA vs North Texas 10/22/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UTSA Roadrunners and North Texas Mean Green square off Saturday in week 8 C-USA college football action at Alamodome. The North Texas Mean Green look to build on their 4-3 record. The UTSA Roadrunners look to build on their 4-game winning streak.

The North Texas Mean Green have split their last 8 road games. Austin Aune is completing 56.1 percent of his passes for 1,692 yards, 17 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Roderic Burns and Jyaire Shorter have combined for 694 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns, while Ja’Mori Maclin has 9 receptions. The North Texas Mean Green ground game is averaging 253.4 yards per contest, and Ayo Adeyi leads the way with 557 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, North Texas is allowing 35 points and 468.7 yards per game. KD Davis leads the North Texas Mean Green with 72 tackles, Mazin Richards has 5 sacks and Quinn Whitlock has 1 interception.

The UTSA Roadrunners have won 8 of their last 10 home games. Frank Harris is completing 68.8 percent of his passes for 2,300 yards, 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. De’Corian Clark and Zakhari Franklin have combined for 1,332 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns, while Joshua Cephus has 50 receptions. The UTSA Roadrunners ground game is averaging 146.7 yards per contest, and Brenden Brady leads the way with 405 yards and 5 touchdowns. Defensively, UTSA is allowing 29.7 points and 430 yards per game. Jamal Ligon leads the UTSA Roadrunners with 47 tackles, Trey Moore has 4 sacks and Dywan Griffin has 1 interception.

The Mean Green are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 road games and 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games overall. The Roadrunners are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 conference games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The over is 5-0 in Mean Green last 5 games overall. The over is 9-2 in Roadrunners last 11 games overall. The Mean Green are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 meetings in Texas-San Antonio. The home team is 8-0 ATS in their last 8 meetings.

This total is massive, but I’m still going to grab the over. Neither team plays defense. The North Texas Mean Green are 122nd in total defense, 123rd in pass defense, 105th in rush defense and 118th in scoring defense. The UTSA Roadrunners are 107th in total defense, 100th in pass defense, 96th in rush defense and 93rd in scoring defense. This is going to be an insanely high scoring contest. Hard for me to side with anything but the over.