SMU Mustangs vs BYU Cougars Betting Picks & Predictions

Game outlook

SMU is on the road playing BYU at the University Stadium stadium on Saturday, 12/17/2022 @ 7:30pm EST. BYU 0 was the opening favorite and current line is SMU -5.5.

SMU Highlights

This season, the SMU Mustangs are 7-5. Last time, they threw a game at the Memphis Tigers and won by a margin of 34-31. With 25 carries for 64 yards (2.6 yds per attempt), Tyler Lavine led the Mustangs' offense in rushing. He finished with a quarterback rating of 159.2 and no picks. He threw 228 yards and two touchdowns, and had a quarterback rating of 22/30. For the game, SMU surrendered 27 completions on 45 attempts for 287 yards, a completion rate of 60.0%. The Mustangs allowed 152 yards on 33 attempts, which translates to 4.6 yards per rush allowed. For the game, they ran 75 plays for 424 yards. SMU had 37 different attempts at running the football and accumulated 113 yards, earning them an average of 3.1 yards per carry.

In total, SMU has accumulated 5,758 yards. They have scored 34 passing touchdowns and 25 ground touchdowns during the season. SMU has surrendered the football 19 times during the season. On offense, they have accumulated 302 1st downs, committed 53 penalties, and accumulated 517 yards of offense. With a run game average of 154.9 yards, SMU is ranked 65th in the nation. SMU Mustangs score 38.4 points per game when it comes to getting into the end zone.

With a power ranking of 68, SMU is ranked #13 in offense (scoring an average of 38.42 per game), #123 in defense (allowing an average of 34.67 points to be scored against them per game) and are 7-5 (5-7 ATS) this season.