NCAAF Betting Tips – UTEP vs Memphis

This Saturday, the Memphis Tigers travel to El Paso, Texas, to take on the UTEP Miners in a Conference USA title. Both teams are looking to get back to .500 on the season.

Let’s look at the game lines, NCAAF betting tips, preview the players, and make a prediction on the game.

The college football odds opened the line favoring UTEP by -8 points but early action the Miners now has the betting line favoring them by -11½-points over the Memphis Tigers.

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The game total is set at 59½ points.

NCAAF Betting Lines

September 25, 2010

Memphis Tigers +11½ -110

UTEP Miners -11½ -110

Game Total 59½

Location: Sun Bowl Stadium – El Paso Texas

Game Time: 9:00pm

NCAAF Betting Tips – UTEP is 2-1 Straight up and 1-2 against the spread.

The Memphis Tigers and the UTEP Miners have played three times, with the Tigers winning each time, but there is a lot of support behind the Miners for Saturday night. Looking at the BetOnline Online betting lines widget, we see that 91% of the bets are on the Miners so far this week.

The UTEP offense ranks 18th in the nation by gaining 466 yards a game in their first three but just 41st in points scores. Quarterback Trevor Vittatoe has completed 59.5% of his passes for 815 yards with eight touchdowns and only one interception.

NCAAF Betting Tips – Memphis Tigers are 1-2 straight up and against the spread.

The Memphis Tigers lost their first two games of the season, allowing Mississippi State and East Carolina to each put 49 points on the board. They finally put a check in the win column by upsetting Middle Tennessee State 24-17.

The problem for the Tigers is twofold, as the offense doesn’t move the ball well and the defense doesn’t stop anyone. In three games, the Tigers have allowed an average of 38.3 points a game while only scoring 19.3 per, ranking them 111th and 99th in the nation respectively.

NCAAF Betting Tips – The Memphis Tigers are 0-5 ATS in games following an ATS Win. The Miners are 4-1 ATS in games where they accumulated 450 total yards in the previous game.

When the game line came out it looked like the odds makers made an overreaction to the Memphis Tigers upset over Middle Tennessee and early betting proved it. Even though the line is close is a full 3½ points over the opening line, it should still be easily reached by the UTEP Miners, the Tigers defense doesn’t stop anyone and the UTEP Miners offense can run up the score.

The Miners should win this game by a couple of touchdowns.

NCAAF Betting Pick: UTEP Miners -11½