Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech

This is the way the season should wind up for both Southern Mississippi and Louisiana Tech. They are both 8-3 on the season, and share the lead at 6-1 in the Conference USA Western standings, with the winner moving on to play for the C-USA Championship. Southern Miss enters on a five game winning streak while LA Tech has won four straight games. While both teams feature explosive offenses, it will be the defenses that will decide the outcome here. Southern Miss is coming on defense and has allowed 13 or fewer points in four of their last five, but not to be out done, the Bulldogs have been stout defensively in their own right, allowing 17 or fewer in each of their last four. Southern Miss is 6-2 to the UNDER in their last eight, and Tech comes in at 11-5-1 to the UNDER in their last 17 at home. Defense is the calling card for a championship game entry, so the UNDER gets the call in this one.