College Football Week 12 Odds, Picks & Predictions: UConn vs. Army (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 12 odds, picks, and predictions for this weekend’s game: UConn vs. Army.
And check out our other game previews and picks for Week 12 of the College Football season:
- Middle Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic
- Auburn vs. Western Kentucky
- North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech
- Navy vs. UCF
- Utah vs. Oregon
- Maryland vs. Ohio State
- UCLA vs. USC
- Louisiana vs. Florida State
- Vanderbilt vs. Florida
- LSU vs. UAB
- Appalachian State vs. Old Dominion
- Fresno State vs. Nevada
- Duke vs. Pittsburgh
- Houston vs. East Carolina
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College Football Week 12 Odds, Picks & Predictions: UConn vs. Army
It's been an incredible turnaround for Jim Mora at UConn. In Week 11, they clinched bowl eligibility with their first six-win season since 2015. They went through some growing pains early in the year, but this team has grown so much. Because of this, their advanced stat numbers really don't paint a picture of the team we see on the field each week.
SP+ ranks UConn as the 117th-best team in the country, but they sure haven't played like it since the calendar turned to October. There's no reason I expect this to change against Army.
Army is just 1-6 against FBS opponents in 2022. They've managed to keep a lot of these games close, but this team is clearly not at the level of some Army teams we've seen over the last decade. When it comes to service academy teams, you don't really need to worry about motivation, and there is still plenty for an Army team that can get bowl eligible with wins over UConn, UMass, and Navy.
I like UConn in this spot because they can take advantage of a horrendous Army run defense. They're the better team, but since the advanced stats don't like them, they're a long shot in this matchup. Mora has this team believing in themselves. This will be the final regular season game of the year for the Huskies, and I like them to pick up win number seven for the first time since the Fiesta Bowl season of 2010.
Pick: UConn ML (+310)
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