Northern Illinois vs Toledo Predictions & MAC Betting Picks – Bookies.com

As far as MAC college football betting goes, west side is undoubtedly the best side.

Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo and Eastern Michigan have all looked like serious contenders in the West division. But all six teams in the East division are currently below .500 and in need of a spark entering Week 6.

This isnt all that surprising with the West having won four of the last five conference titles, and weve got a good matchup on that side this week with Northern Illinois playing at Toledo.

The Huskies picked up a big win over Eastern Michigan Saturday in their first MAC game of the year. Theyre a +12.5 underdog this week against a Rockets team that just pounded UMass, 45-7. The Minutemen may be the worst team in college football, but at least Toledo finally got its offense going after a sluggish start to the season.

The West division race is clearly the one to watch so far, and well get a clearer picture at the top when the Huskies and Rockets kick things off at noon Saturday in the Glass Bowl.

The Rockets got freshman quarterback Dequan Finn involved last week, with 102 passing yards and two total scores in the win over Massachusetts. Hes been the best playmaker so far this season and we expect to see a lot more of him against the Huskies, with starter Carter Bradley looking underwhelming again.

Its pretty amazing the Huskies beat Eastern Michigan after giving up 338 passing yards. Northern Illinois quarterback Rocky Lombardi was just 9 of 20 for 84 yards, with the Huskies getting it done on the ground. That wont happen against a better defense like Toledo, and we expect the Rockets offense to keep the momentum going.

Looking at the college football odds, were glad the line is still less than two touchdowns. Were on Toledo -12.5 at BetMGM.

Ohio finally found something that worked during its first win of the season Saturday. The Bobcats pounded the rock all afternoon behind backup quarterback Armani Rogers, rushing for a ridiculous 398 yards against Akron. Were thinking theyll stick with that approach this week.

The Bobcats are also terrible against the run, giving up 248.6 yards per game on the ground. Thats something the Chippewas will want to exploit. Were expecting a lot of ground-and-pound from both squads in a relatively ugly game.

The total opened at 55.5 on various betting apps, and its up to 56.5 at Caesars Sportsbook. Were taking the Under.

We understand why this total is so low at sportsbooks and betting sites. Neither team averages more than 19 points per game and this has snoozer written all over it. However, we do see this as an opportunity for the Falcons to have some success on that side of the ball.

Akrons defense looked awful without star middle linebacker Bubba Arslanian, who missed last weeks game due to injury. The Falcons should be able to exploit it again after Ohio ran for 398 yards last week against the Zips.

As bad as Bowling Greens offense has looked at times, Akrons defense has been worse. Over 46 points at FanDuel is the play.

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