North Texas vs Texas-San Antonio Picks and Prediction – 11/16/2024

The North Texas Mean Green will be on the road this week the game in San Antonio against UTSA. North Texas has five wins and four losses on the year riding a three-game skid into this week following a double digit loss to Army a week ago. North Texas is the #7 ranked offense in the nation averaging 40.75 points per game on better than 527 yards. Defensively North Texas has had a ton of trouble however giving up almost 37 points on more than 445 yards per game period for other college football action see our College Football Picks.

Chandler Morris leads North Texas this season with 3087 yards and 26 scores on 240 completions. Shane Porter is the top running back with 340 yards and two scores on 54 carries. Mackenzie McGill II has added 227 yards and six scores on 43 carries. DT Sheffield leads the team with 721 yards and 10 scores on 55 catches. Damon Ward Jr. has come up huge with 462 yards and four scores on 26 catches.

The UTSA Roadrunners are one game below .500 coming into this week having won two of the last three following an 8 point victory against Memphis in their last outing. The UTSA offense has been solid this season averaging 27.5 points on nearly 430 yards per contest. The UTSA defense has had troubles giving up 32.1 points on more than 360 yards per game.

Owen McCown the orchestrated the UTSA offense this season with 2,364 yards and 20 scores on 205 completions. Robert Henry leads the team with 360 yards and three scores on 94 carries. Brandon High Jr. has added 318 yards and four touchdowns on 54 carries. Chris Carpenter leads the team with 454 yards and one score on 36 receptions. Devin McCuin has been vital as well with 279 yards and four touchdowns on 37 catches.

Despite the struggles for North Texas coming into this game the Mean Green are the better team. Look for North Texas to finally break out of their funk as they do enough to get the win on the road against UTSA. Take North Texas to do enough this week to get a win and cover leading to their sixth victory of the season as they punch their ticket in to play ball game. Final Score Prediction, North Texas Mean Green win and cover 27-14.