Army at Central Michigan

Army lost three offensive linemen after last season and it has shown, as they rank 115th offensively. It will be a monumental task to stay in the game vs. a Central Michigan team that is loaded offensively. Army will struggle to just keep them off the field. Central Michigan is heading for another great season and perhaps a MAC Championship. Butch Jones, the former WR coach at West Virginia, has taken over. He has made the offense better with the implementation of a spread offense with a top flight QB and a pair of outstanding wideouts. This is a team capable of hanging 50+ on any given week, and it will be hard for Army to avoid a shootout (not a good prospect for a bad Army offense). The biggest surprise for CMU is they have answered a big preseason question mark: Could they run the ball? They have answered with a resounding yes as they have averaged 166 ypg. CMU has gone 10-0 ATS coming home after a road game. When NCAA offenses click to the tune of 50+ points the previous week and are then instilled as a big favorite (10.5-21), they have been pointspread eaters to the tune of 64-28 ATS. When laying double digits, you want to be confident the better team won't have a let down. We expcet CMU to be focused here as this is their last home game of the season and they have a non-conference game on deck. CMU is 15-4 ATS overall the past couple of seasons including 10-2 as a favorite. Army is averaging just 18.7 points per game (13.7 on the road) against an extremely weak schedule. CMU can score. Army can't. Take the favorite here.