Week 5: Coastal Carolina vs Georgia Southern 10/1/22 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Georgia Southern Eagles clash Saturday in week 5 Sun Belt conference college football action from Brooks Stadium.

The Georgia Southern Eagles will look to build on their 34-23 win over Ball State last time out to climb to 3-1 on the year. Kyle VanTrease has thrown for 1,290 yards, 8 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 60.7% passing while Jalen White and Gerald Green have combined for 565 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns this season. Derwin Burgess Jr. leads the Eagles with 25 receptions and 333 receiving yards while Khaleb Hood has 247 receiving yards and three more Georgia Southern receivers have 100+ receiving yards this season. On defense, Marques-Watson-Trent has a team-high 32 total tackles while Georgia Southern’s defensive unit as a whole has 3 sacks and 4 interceptions this season.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will look to stay unbeaten after climbing to 4-0 on the year with a 41-24 win over Georgia State last time out. Grayson McCall has thrown for 1,001 yards, 11 touchdowns and an interception with a 70.4% completion percentage while CJ Beasley has a team-high 345 rushing yards while Reese White has 245 rushing yards as well this season. Sam Pinckney leads the Chanticleers in receiving with 22 catches for 336 receiving yards while Jared Brown has 253 receiving yards on the year. On defense, Charles Arnold Jr. and Lance Boykin has a pair of interceptions. As a unit, Coastal Carolina has 12 sacks and 7 interceptions this season.

Georgia Southern is 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games against a team with a winning record and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. Coastal Carolina is 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the case to be made for Coastal Carolina here as they’re usually rock solid at home and have been consistent offensively all year long. That being said, the Eagles have been consistent themselves offensively and are more than capable of hanging with Coastal offensively here with their new regime and VanTrease under center. I would not be surprised if Georgia Southern pulled off another outright win here, but I’ll take the points to be safe.