– Last Updated on January 25, 2023 3:43 pm
Week 1: Bears vs Mustangs Odds
College football betting sees the Baylor Bears taking on the Southern Methodist Mustangs on Saturday September 5th at Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas Cappers Picks provides complimentary handicapping picks all NCAA football season long so stay tuned for more FREE college football predictions.
Baylor at Southern Methodist
Week 1
Date:Saturday- Friday 4th
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue:Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, Texas
NCAA Football Spread: Baylor -36
NCAA Betting Total: 74
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Baylor has already had to deal with plenty of drama off the field, but will now have to focus on replacing one of the best QBs in the nation when they head to Gerald Ford Stadium to take on the SMU Mustangs.
Baylor still ranks #4 preseason, but will have a tough task of replacing former QB Bryce Petty, who was a 2nd round pick in the NFL.
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SMU has enough problems of their own to worry about how Baylor will react with everything going on.
The Mustangs lost by an average of 30 points last year in games and will begin this season under new head coach Chad Morris.
#4 Baylor Bears
The Baylor Bears knew they would have a difficult time replacing their star 2014 QB. Right now though, thats not their only problem.
In the recent news it came out that Baylor had been mishandling a player’s sexual assault case. Baylor denied knowing about the incident when in fact they knew exactly what the situation was.
With that, Baylor now must put that aside and focus on developing their new players heading into Week 1.
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The good news for Baylor, they return a pair of 1000 receivers. Corey Coleman and KD Cannon both caught over 1000 yards last year and had a combined 19 TDs. They’ll have new QB Seth Russell throwing to them.
SMU
The Mustangs have been one of the worst offensive teams in all of the nation in the past couple seasons. They is a big reason why they will be starting 2015 under a new head coach.
New head coach Chad Morris comes in and brings his own unique style to the Mustangs offense. It can’t get much worse than 2014 as they were outscored by an average of 30 points.
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They’ll have Junior Matt Davis under center, who started the final 4 games of 2014. He was part of an offense that scored only 11.1 point a game and averaged 269 yards a game.
The embarrassment led the Mustangs to just a 1-11 record in 2014. They have also lost 11 straight to Baylor in their head-to-head series.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Bears are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games in September.
- Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 Friday games.
- Bears are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 non-conference games.
- Mustangs are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Friday games.
- Mustangs are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games on fieldturf.
Week 1 NCAA Football Prediction
Like the previous match ups, SMU won’t even compete here with the Bears.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: Baylor ATS
Seth Russell settles in as Baylor picks up right where they left off in 2014 offensively.
Week 1 Score Prediction: Baylor 59- SMU 10
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