Florida Atlantic vs Temple Picks and Prediction – 11/16/2024

On November 16th, the Florida Atlantic Owls will head to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to take on the Temple Owls Get our free College Football Picks all season long! Florida Atlantic comes into week 12 at 2-7 on the year having lost four in a row. Katin Houser was 17-of-22 passing for 343 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another score Thursday night to help East Carolina beat Florida Atlantic 49-14. Florida Atlantic has lost nine consecutive AAC games, tied with Mississippi State for the second-longest active conference losing streak in the nation. FAU starting quarterback Cam Fancher left the game with an apparent shoulder injury in the second quarter and did not return. 

The Temple Owls will play their fifth home game of 2024 at 2-7 as Makhi Hughes ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns, and Darian Mensah threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns to lead Tulane to a 52-6 win over Temple last Saturday. Terrez Worthy was the only bright spot for Temple with 80 yards rushing and one touchdown. Temple averages 20.9 points per game on offense. On defense Temple allows 35.4 points per game so far this season. 

This is a game of Owls vs Owls and Florida Atlantic is 0-4 on the road this year and have lost four games in a row. Florida Atlantic's top two quarterbacks are injured so they may have to rely on the third string option. Temple is 2-2 at home so far and play better on their home field. Temple will take advantage of Florida Atlantic being one dimensional on offense and get the job done at home and win the game. Final Score prediction, Temple wins 28-20.