Check out all the fearless predictions, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 2 of the American Athletic Conference season.
How are the American Athletic predictions so far?
Straight Up: 9-3, ATS: 2-3-1
All Times EST
Click on each game for the fearless prediction & game
Thursday, September 7th
TCU vs. SMU
8:00, ESPN2 | Get Tickets
Line: TCU -22.5, o/u: 58.5
Saturday, September 8th
Arizona at Houston
12:00, ABC | Get Tickets
Line: Houston -4, o/u: 72
Georgia Tech at USF
12:00, ESPN2 | Get Tickets
Line: Georgia Tech -3.5, o/u: 62.5
North Carolina at East Carolina
3:30, ESPNU | Get Tickets
Line: North Carolina -17, o/u: 60
Tulsa at Texas
8:00, Longhorn Network | Get Tickets
Line: Texas -21, o/u: 58
Buffalo (1-0) vs. Temple (0-1)
Time, Network: 3:30 ESPN3 | Get Tickets
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Temple couldn’t stop the Villanova passing game last weekend in a 19-17 rivalry loss, and now it has to deal with Tyree Jackson and the Buffalo offense. The Bulls got their tune-up in with a 48-10 win over Delaware State, and it’s about to kick in the offense against a Temple D that was solid against the run, but not strong enough.
Can Frank Nutile get the Owl passing game going? After struggling so much offensively against Villanova, Temple will be a wee bit better against UB, but not quite strong enough, even at home. Jackson and the Bull O will get out to a good start, but it’ll be the running game and late defensive stops that pull it off, showing the MAC world that this really might be the league favorite.
Fearless Prediction & Line
Buffalo 27, Temple 23
Line: Temple -5, o/u: 50.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5