College Football Odds: Cincinnati vs. Temple prediction, odds, pick

Cincinnati is playing Temple on Saturday. The Bearcats have only one loss in the AAC. UCF is the leader in regular-season standings. Cincinnati plays Tulane next week. If Cincinnati beats Tulaine, it will likely finish in top two in Group of Five. Temple is 3-7 through 10 games. Its only two wins this year are against UMass and South Florida. The Owls' offense has improved recently. They averaged 45 points in their last two games, putting up 54 against South Foursome and 36 in a loss to Houston.

Cincinnati has a solid defense and should be able to put Temple's recent resurgence in the recent weeks in its place. Neither South Florida nor Houston are very good. Temple has taken advantage of flawed and vulnerable opponents. Cincinnati does not have the team or the defense which dominated the AAC and made the playoff one year ago.

Cincinnati is not as good as it was last year. Temple's newly-revived offense can probably score 20 points. Cincinnati has not shown enough consistency to be trusted to score that many points, so Temple could cover the spread.

Cincinnati's defense will throttle Temple's offense and enable the Bearcats to cover.

Cincinnati is favored by 16.5 points over Temple.