California Golden Bears

California Golden Bears

Nov 30, 2024

SMU Mustangs

SMU Mustangs
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  • Consensus
  • Stats
  • Odds
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California vs SMU Betting Pick & Preview – 11/30/2024

The SMU Mustangs have already clinched a spot in the ACC championship game. This week, they will look to maintain their momentum going into that conference title game, but also protect their ranking to help their College Football Playoff resume. Here, they are 13.5-point favorites against the Cal Golden Bears. Here, you will find our college football predictions for Cal vs SMU from Dallas, TX.

Cal Looks to End Regular Season With An Upset Win

The California Golden Bears are bowl-eligible in their first season as an ACC football program. They have won three of their last four games going into this weekend’s action, including a victory over rivals Stanford in their last game. Here, they will look to upset SMU in the final game of their regular season. In order to accomplish that, the Golden Bears will need their passing game to continue to deliver, as Cal ranks 21st in the nation with 276.1 yards per game through the air. That will be huge for them to keep pace with the explosive offense of the Mustangs.

SMU Aims to End Perfect Regular Season In ACC

SMU is 10-1 overall this season and 7-0 in the ACC. They will face either Miami or Clemson in the ACC championship game, where they will look to win the conference title in their first year as a member of the conference. But before all of that, the Mustangs need to take care of business against Cal to avoid hurting their ranking before the ACC title game. SMU is averaging just over 40 points per game on offense this season and it will be interesting to see how sharp they are on offense in this game that may not seem like it matters, but certainly does.

Cal vs SMU Prediction

We will take the over as our best bet in this Cal vs SMU matchup from Dallas on Saturday. The Mustangs are going to put up points against most teams and Cal is not likely to be an exception to that rule. Cal should do some scoring here as well after SMU gave up 25 or more points in three of their last four games, in a contest that should go over the total in the ACC.

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Consensus

Spread Pick Consensus

+12.5/-108
37% CAH
-12.5/-112
62% SMU

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+374
1% CAH
-490
99% SMU

Total Pick Consensus

54.5/-110
42% UN
54.5/-110
58% OV

Stats

  • Team Stats
  • Passing
  • Rushing
  • Special Teams

Offense/Defense

CAH
Team Stats
SMU
12
GM
13
26.1
PPG
20.8
68.8
PLAYS-PG
70.2
382.8
YDS/G
326.1
5.6
YPP
4.6
20.9
1st DPG
18.6
12.2
1st DPass
10.3
6.8
1st DRush
5.7
2.0
1st Pen
2.6
7.6
Pen-Gm
6.6
60.9
Pen-Yds
57.8
0.3
FUM-G
0.5
0.6
INT-G
1.2

Defense/Offense

CAH
Team Stats
SMU
12
GM
13
22.2
PPG
38.5
68.3
PLAYS-PG
69.6
341.3
YDS/G
443.1
5.0
YPP
6.4
18.8
1st DPG
22.8
11.4
1st DPass
11.4
5.4
1st DRush
9.7
2.0
1st Pen
1.8
6.8
Pen-Gm
8.2
63.2
Pen-Yds
79.0
0.4
FUM-G
0.9
1.4
INT-G
0.7

Offense/Defense

CAH
Rushing
SMU
33.4
ATT
34.1
116.5
Y/G
93.4
3.5
Y/A
2.7
1.3
TD/G
0.8

Defense/Offense

CAH
Rushing
SMU
33.0
ATT
38.9
107.1
Y/G
176.1
3.2
Y/A
4.5
1.5
TD/G
2.2

Offense/Defense

CAH
Passing
SMU
23.6
CMP
20.3
35.4
ATT
36.1
66.6
CMP%
56.3
266.3
Y/G
232.7
7.5
Y/A
6.4
1.3
TD/G
1.8

Defense/Offense

CAH
Passing
SMU
20.3
CMP
19.8
35.3
ATT
30.7
57.7
CMP%
64.7
234.3
Y/G
267
6.6
Y/A
8.7
1.3
TD/G
2.1

CAH
Special Teams
SMU
4.3
Punts-GM
3.1
45.0
Punt Avg
44.1
1.3
Kick Ret GM
1.5
22.0
Kick Ret Avg
20.0
1.3
Punt Ret GM
1.9
4.2
Punt Ret Avg
8.9

Odds

  • Spread
  • MoneyLine
  • Over/Under
Open
Current
Book
CAH SMU
CAH SMU
Consensus
+11.5 (-110)
-11.5 (-108)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+9.0 (-108)
-9.0 (-110)
+12.5 (-108)
-12.5 (-112)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+12.5 (-113)
-12.5 (-107)
+13.0 (-113)
-13.0 (-108)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+12.5 (-110)
-12.5 (-110)
+13.0 (-110)
-13.0 (-110)
Open
Current
Book
CAH SMU
CAH SMU
Consensus
+350
-450
+374
-490
+350
-455
+380
-500
+350
-465
+375
-500
+360
-480
+375
-500
+345
-455
+345
-455
+340
-450
+380
-550
Open
Current
Book
Over Under
Over Under
Consensus
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
54.5 (-111)
54.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
57.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
57.5 (-109)
57.5 (-112)
54.5 (-113)
54.5 (-108)
56.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
56.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)
54.5 (-110)