In this article, we will formulate a Ball State vs UConn Prediction for this College Football Week 4 game on Saturday, September 20th at the Bagwell Field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Let’s take a look at the prediction for this College Football matchup.
East Carolina Preview
East Carolina has a 2-1 record this season and are coming off a 38-0 road victory over Coastal Carolina. Offensively, the Pirates average 37.0 points per game, which ranks 43rd in the nation. Defensively, they allow 9.0 points per game, which ranks 11th in the nation. East Carolina averages 481.7 total yards per game, with 135.3 rushing yards and 346.3 passing yards per game. They allow 271.0 total yards per game, 58.7 of them rushing and 212.3 passing yards per game.
Katin Houser leads the Pirates with 83/116 completed passes and 973 total passing yards. He also adds 42 rushing yards. London Montgomery leads the team in rushing yards, with 108 and 2 touchdowns, while Parker Jenkins adds 78 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. Anthony Smith has a team-high 23 caught passes for a team-high 241 receiving yards. Yannick Smith has caught 14 passes for 136 yards, and 2 touchdowns.
Defensively, Ja’Marley Riddle has a team-high 14 total tackles, 10 of them solo. Rasheed Reason adds 9 total tackles, 6 of them solo and 1 interception. Jasiyah Robinson leads the Pirates in sacks, with 2, while Rasheed Reason has a team-high 1 interception.
BYU Preview
BYU has a 2-0 record this season and are coming off a 27-0 home victory over Stanford. Offensively, BYU averages 48.0 points per game, which ranks 10th in the nation. Defensively, they allow 1.5 points per game, which ranks 1st in the nation. BYU averages 469.0 total yards per game, with 312.5 rushing yards and 156.5 passing yards per game. They allow 106.0 total yards per game, 7.0 of them rushing and 99.0 passing yards per game.
Bear Bachmeier leads BYU with 24/38 completed passes and 272 total passing yards. He also adds 39 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. LJ Martin leads the team in rushing yards, with 241, while Cody Hagen adds 57 rushing yards and 1 touchdown. Chase Roberts has a team-high 6 caught passes for a team-high 88 receiving yards, and has 1 touchdown. Carsen Ryan has caught 5 passes for 83 yards, and 1 touchdown.
Defensively, Logan Lutui has a team-high 8 total tackles, 4 of them solo. Faletau Satuala adds 6 total tackles, 3 of them solo and 1 interception. Jack Kelly leads BYU in sacks, with 1, while Faletau Satuala and Raider Damuni each have 1 interception.
BYU vs East Carolina Prediction
East Carolina is 2-1 in their three meetings against BYU, winning their most recent meeting in 2022 by 27-24 on the road. East Carolina has covered the spread in all three meetings against BYU, and their last two meeting have gone under the total.
In this BYU vs East Carolina Prediction, BYU is coming as -7.5-point home favorites. Both teams are coming off back-to-back wins, and have been playing elite defense in this young season, holding their opponents into just 1.5 and 9 points respectively, ranking first and 11th in the nation. I expect both defenses to cancel the opposing offenses and make this a low-scoring grind, so take the under 48 points in this one.