SMU comes into this game on fire offensively. They are ranked 10th offensively in SP+ and their QB Mordecai has been lights out. Tulane is coming off an emotional loss to conference contender UCF. A game where they fought back hard to get back into it only to come up short. Why I bring this up is because due to this type of loss and a lack of time to prepare for the SMU explosive offense they will have a hard time to keep up. Tulane relies on a rock solid defense and I don't believe they will be up to the task tonight. UCF beats you on the ground and SMU beats you mostly through the air so completely different style to what they faced on Saturday. SMU still has an outside shot at a conference title game bid so they will be motivated to get a W here. A lot of times mid week games are shoot outs as teams defensively don't have time to prepare. A shootout against SMU a top 10 offensive unit is no bueno for Tulane who ranks 52nd offensively in SP+.
SMU just has wayy too much firepower offensively and I believe they will probably win outright. However I will take the 3.5 point gift.
SMU +3.5
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