COLLEGE FOOTBALL
South Florida has opened the year 2-0 with 47 total points scored and only 33 allowed, backed by 288.5 yards per game on offense and 364.0 yards per game allowed on defense. Delaware State comes in 2-1 and has been productive at 25.67 points and 423.7 yards per game, but that production has been built against a softer schedule, and its opponents have still averaged 20.67 points and 310.0 yards per game. The Bulls’ passing and rushing balance, plus a defense that has limited both the pass and run reasonably well, gives South Florida the cleaner path to control the game without needing a huge scoring outburst.
South Florida should win comfortably, but the cleaner betting angle is that the Bulls do enough early and then slow the game down before reaching a massive scoring number. Delaware State has shown offensive competence, yet this is a major step up in class, and South Florida’s defense has been much more reliable than the Hornets’ recent opponents. A projected final score of South Florida 42, Delaware State 10 points to a decisive USF victory with the Bulls landing below their elevated scoring expectation.
