Florida Atlantic vs WKU 11/26/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the Florida Atlantic Owls meet Saturday in college football action from FAU Stadium. The Hilltoppers are coming off a matchup versus Auburn last weekend. Western Kentucky managed to lose that game in a blowout. As for Florida Atlantic, they played Middle Tennessee last weekend. In that one the Owls lost big as well. Check back all season long for free college football picks at Sports Chat Place.

Western Kentucky got off to a 3-1 start this year with wins over Austin Peay, Hawaii and FIU. The Hilltoppers went 2-2 in their next four (beating Middle Tennessee and UAB) before a loss to North Texas, a win over Charlotte and a win over Rice. 

Back on Saturday versus Auburn, the Hilltoppers had things all tied up at 17-17 going into the third quarter. Western Kentucky was outscored 24-0 from there in a 41-17 defeat. QB Austin Reed had 289 yards with two picks and two TDs. 

Over on the Florida Atlantic side, they were 2-1 after three games with only a loss to Ohio. The Owls lost to UCF, Purdue and North Texas over the next three. FAU would then go 3-3 over the next six with wins over Rice, UAB and FIU. 

Florida Atlantic took on Middle Tennessee last Saturday. In that one the Owls were down 28-14 by halftime. FAU gave up 14 points in each of the first three quarters in a 49-21 loss. QB N’Kosi Perry finished on 325 yards and a touchdown. Larry McCammon added 35 rush yards and a TD. 

WKU is 6-0 ATS in the last six after an ATS loss and 7-1 ATS in their last eight in November. The Hilltoppers are 6-1 ATS in their last seven road games. 

Meanwhile, the Owls are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 overall and 3-9 ATS in the last 12 conference games. FAU is 1-4 ATS versus a team with a winning record. 

PICK: I’m probably sticking with Western Kentucky but not going near this one. The Hilltoppers had a rough second half against Auburn and ended up with 385 total yards (85 rushing) in the defeat. WKU posted 24 first downs and went 9-of-21 on third-down tries. 

As for FAU, they coughed up 615 total yards and 30 first downs in the Middle Tennessee game. It wasn’t a terrible offensive performance otherwise but the Owls were certainly unable to keep up. I don’t think they’ll cover here either.