UConn vs North Carolina Fenway Bowl Best Bet – 12/28/2024

The UConn Huskies will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Fenway Bowl on December 28, 2024, at 11:00 am EST. The North Carolina Tar Heels are currently favored by three points according to the betting odds from DraftKings Sportsbook. The total for the game is set at 53 points. Get ready for an exciting matchup between these two college football teams as they battle it out on the field. Who will come out on top? Stay tuned to find out.

Here, we break down the UConn vs North Carolina matchup in the Fenway Bowl. In this preview of the game, we break down the keys for both of these teams, including which key members of these rosters will miss the game. You will also find our best bet for this contest, in which we use our knowledge of the bowl system and our college football betting models to come up with the top prediction for this contest from Boston.

UConn Looks to End Season On a High Note

The UConn Huskies had a much better season than usual in 2024, going 8-4 heading into bowl season. The Huskies mostly feasted on bad teams like Florida Atlantic and UMass to reach the eight-win mark, but they still had to win those games and they deserve credit for doing so. Here, the college football odds have UConn as underdogs, with the Huskies looking to defy the odds to get their first bowl win since the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl.

For UConn to win this game, they are going to need to find a way to slow down the offense of the Tar Heels. UConn has played four power conference opponents this season, losing all four of those games. That includes games where UConn struggled on defense against Maryland and Syracuse, as the Huskies will look to prove that it can get the job done against a power conference foe for the first time this season.

North Carolina Plays Final Pre-Belichick Game

North Carolina made some waves after the end of their regular season. They announced that Bill Belichick would be their next head coach after letting Mack Brown go. Since then, Bill's son Steve Belichick has been announced as a member of his defensive coaching staff. Now the Tar Heels will look to get a win to build some positive feelings ahead of the start of the Belichick era in Chapel Hill.

In this game, the question for North Carolina will be whether their defense can get enough stops to come away with a win. The Tar Heels have lost two games in a row coming into this contest, giving up 38 points per game over their last two games. If North Carolina can't get stops more consistently in this bowl game, they could take a loss before the Belichicks take over their program to start 2025.

UConn vs North Carolina Prediction

Our best bet for UConn vs North Carolina is for the game to go over the total. Both of these teams have shown flashes offensively while showing a major lack of consistency on defense. Expect both teams to do plenty of scoring and for this game to score at least into the mid-50s in what should be a fun game to watch from Fenway Park.