Kyle Akins
PITTSBURGH @ TENNESSEE | 09/11 | 12:00 PM EDT
UNDER 56.5
ANALYSIS: Both of these teams had big offensive performances in their opener, but those performances came against bottom-rung FBS teams and not much different than facing FCS schools. Against stiffer competition, I expect these offenses to take steps back in this game. Tennessee cruised to a 38-6 win over Bowling Green in Week 1. The Vols stuck to running the ball with 64 carries for 331 yards in that game. Over the past 15 seasons, teams that won the last game while rushing the ball at least 60 times have produced Unders 59 percent of the time.
RUTGERS @ SYRACUSE | 09/11 | 2:00 PM EDT
UNDER 52.5
ANALYSIS: After looking like a team without an identity in 2020, Syracuse established an identity It can get behind in Week 1: pound the ball with the run over and over again. That will keep the ball away from a Rutgers team that is not as dynamic offensively as its Week 1 performance suggests. Rutgers defeated Temple, 61-14, in its season opener. The Under is 10-0 since 2011 when the Scarlet Knights are not more than three-point favorites on the road and are coming off a regulation game where they scored at least 28 points.
MIAMI (OHIO) @ MINNESOTA | 09/11 | 12:00 PM EDT
MINNESOTA -17.5
ANALYSIS: Minnesota was dealt a tough task of facing one of the top teams in the country in Ohio State in its opener and lost competitively. The Gophers should be hungry here and arguably are better than Cincinnati, a team Miami (Ohio) lost to by 35 in its opening game. The Redhawks have struggled when they are getting considerable points on the road. Miami is 0-10 ATS since October 2016 as a road dog of more than seven points.
