Cincinnati Bearcats vs Louisville Cardinals Betting Picks & Predictions

Game outlook

Cincinnati is on the road playing Louisville at the Fenway Park stadium on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 11:00am EST. Louisville -2.25 was the opening favorite and current line is Louisville -1.5.

Cincinnati Highlights

In their last game, the Bearcats lost by a final of 27-24 to the Tulane Green Wave in a matchup that brought them to 9-3 for this season. Evan Prater finished 10/26 with 102 yards through the air and a QB rating of 63.7, and he walked away with one pick. Ryan Montgomery led the Bearcats on the ground with 17 carries for 95 yards (5.6 yards per carry). In total, the Cincinnati Bearcats ran 43 times for 235 yards, which averaged 5.5 yards per carry. Cincinnati ran 69 plays totaling 337 yards. The Bearcats allowed 13 pass completions on 22 attempts for 162 yards and a completion percentage of 59.1%. 4.6 yards per rush were allowed by the Bearcats in the running game, where they gave up 221 yards in 48 attempts.

There have been 4,714 yards gained by the Bearcats in this year's campaign. The Bearcats have scored 22 touchdowns by passing and 19 by running. They have turned over the football 14 times. 232 first downs have been accumulated as a unit, 95 penalties have been incurred for 812 yards, and they have been called for 95 penalties. As a team, Cincinnati is ranked 88th in Division 1 because they average 136.8 yards rushing per game. Averaging 31.1 points per game, the Cincinnati Bearcats score 31.1 points per game.

With a power ranking of 29, Cincinnati is ranked #46 in offense (scoring an average of 31.08 per game), #23 in defense (allowing an average of 20.33 points to be scored against them per game) and are 9-3 (3-8-1 ATS) this season.