West Virginia at Syracuse

The Big East is very soft this year with West Virginia the only Big East team to have cracked the Top 25 rankings this season. The Mountaineers have risen above the rest at 5-1 to start the season, but Syracuse at 4-2 should be able to give them a game at home. West Virginia has lived off a lot of home cooking early with five home games, and almost stumbled in their only roadie at 2-4 Maryland, winning by 6 points as an interception return for a TD was the game changer. Maryland matched the Mountaineers yard-for-yard in that contest. The Cuse has a penchant for playing close games, with three games decided in OT already this season and another by a FG and yet another by a single TD. Syracuse went into West Virginia last year and won by 5 points, so they clearly can hang with the Mountaineers. West Virginia is not delivering as big chalk now at 4-10-1 ATS when posted as a -10.5 point favorite or greater. The Orange have had two weeks to prepare for this one and coming off a bye they are now a picture-perfect 5-0 ATS. Take Syracuse in this one.