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.
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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.
