College Football Odds: Eastern Michigan vs. Akron prediction, odds and pick

Eastern Michigan Eagles will travel to take on the Akron Zips in a Tuesday night college football matchupseries. Eastern Michigan has gone 5-4 this season, including 2-3 in conference play. Chris Creighton has taken the team to four bowl games in his nine seasons as head coach. Akron has struggled to a 1-8 record, with an 0-5 record in MAC play, and they have lost their last eight games.

Taylor Powell has played in just six games this season. He has completed 62.2 percent of his passes for 1,232 yards with eight touchdowns and seven interceptions. Austin Smith has filled in for Powell. Eastern Michigan is averaging 27.0 points and 342.7 yards of offense per game. The team has rushed for more than 1.5 million yards and 17 touchdowns. Joe Sparacio leads the team with 66 tackles. Jose Ramirez has the most sacks for the squad with 8.

DJ Irons is the team's leading rusher with 282 yards. DJ Iron has completed 66.9 percent of his passes for 2,515 yards with nine touchdowns and six interceptions.

Akron has scored 18.6 points per game and allowed 37.0 points and 441.9 yards of offense per match. Shocky Jacques-Louis has a team-best 61 catches for 770 yards and two touchdowns. Alex Adams has five receiving touchdowns and Daniel George 540 receiving yards. Bubba Arslanian leads the defense with 97 tackles, including eight for a loss and one sack. Zach Morton has three and a half sacks per games. Five players have totaled one interception each.

Akron is terrible and both defenses struggle. Eastern Michigan is a good team.

Eastern Michigan is favored by 7.5 points over Akron.