2024 College Football Week 9 picks

The East Carolina Pirates (3-4) will face their conference opponent when they host the Temple Owls (2-5) in AAC play on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at Bagwell Field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ starting at 2 p.m. We analyze below BetMGM Sports Betting Draw lines around East Carolina-Temple betting odds and do our expertise college football picks and predictions.

In their last game, the Pirates lost to the Black Army Knights, 45-28. The Owls beat the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 20-10 in the last game. In the matchup with the Black Knights, Katin Houser completed 24-of-38 passing (63.2%) for 282 yards, three touchdowns and one interception for the Pirates. He also carried the ball four times for 13 yards and one rushing touchdown. Rahjai Harris had nine carries for 34 yards (3.8 yards per carry), adding four receptions for 24 yards in the passing game. Chase Sowell had seven receptions for 138 yards (19.7 per catch) and a touchdown against the Black Knights.

Evan Simon’s performance for the Owls against the Golden Tornado included 30-of-46 passing for 297 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He rushed five times for 23 yards. Terrez Worthy put together a 12-carry, 41-yard game (3.4 yards per attempt) with one touchdown, while also adding six receptions for 13 yards. Landon Morris caught four passes for 97 yards (24.3 yards per catch).

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East Carolina vs. Temple rates

Provided by BetMGM Sports Betting; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for the full list. Lines were last updated on Friday at 12:29 p.m.

• Money Line (ML): East Carolina -308 (Bet $308 to win $100) | Temple +243 (Bet $100 to win $243)
• Anti-proliferation (ATS): East Carolina -7.5 (-110) | Temple +7.5 (-111)
• Over/Under (O/U): 48.5 (D:-115 | U:-105)

East Carolina vs. How are Temple elections held?

Guess

East Carolina 29, Temple 25

money line

• Money line selection: East Carolina -308
• East Carolina has only been the moneyline favorite twice so far this season, and they’ve split both games.
• The Pirates have played and lost as a -308 or shorter moneyline favorite in just one game this season.
• Temple won one of the six games it lost this season.
• The Owls have failed to win as a +243 or better underdog in five games this season.

against the spread

• ATS selection: Temple +7.5
• The Pirates have two wins against the spread this year.
• East Carolina has no wins (0-1) this season as a favorite of 7.5 points or more in the ATS.
• The Owls have overcame the deficit four times in seven games.
• As an underdog by 7.5 points or more, Temple has two ATS wins (2-3).

Top/Bottom

• O/U selection: over 48.5 points
• Pirates games this season have had a higher point total than this competition’s 48.5 point total four times.
• The Owls have played five games this season with a total score of over 48.5 points.
• These two teams allow 45.7 points per game between them, which is 2.8 fewer than the over/under for this matchup.
• The opponents of these teams score an average of 60 total points per game; that’s 11.5 points more than this competition’s total.
• The Pirates’ average points in their games this year was 53.4; That’s 4.9 more than the over/under for this matchup.
• The Owls have an over/under average of 50.4 points in their games this season; that’s 1.9 points more than this match’s total.

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