Check out odds, insights and more in our betting preview for the SMU Mustangs vs. Navy Midshipmen college football matchup on October 9, 2021.

A pair of the nation’s top running games meet when the No. 24 SMU Mustangs (5-0, 0-0 AAC) bring college football’s 23rd-ranked rushing offense into a matchup with the Navy Midshipmen (1-3, 0-0 AAC), who have the No. 15 rushing offense, on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The Mustangs are heavy, 13.5-point favorites. The total has been set at 56 points for this game.
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Odds for SMU vs. Navy
Odds courtesy of SI Sportsbook.
Over/Under Insights
- SMU’s games this season have gone over 56 points three of four times.
- Navy has combined with its opponents to score more than 56 points in two games this season.
- Saturday’s total is 2.6 points lower than the two team’s combined 58.6 points per game average.
- The 54.3 combined points per game that these two squads have allowed this season are 1.7 fewer than the 56 total in this contest.
- The Mustangs and their opponents have scored an average of 68.6 points per game in 2021, 12.6 more than Saturday’s total.
- The 46.1 PPG average total in Midshipmen games this season is 9.9 points fewer than this game’s over/under.
SMU Stats and Trends
- In SMU’s five games this season, it has three wins against the spread.
- The Mustangs have always covered the spread this season when favored by 13.5 points or more.
- SMU’s games this year have hit the over on two of four set point totals (50%).
- This year, the Mustangs rack up 10.1 more points per game (42.6) than the Midshipmen surrender (32.5).
- SMU is 3-1 against the spread and 5-0 overall this season when the team scores more than 32.5 points.
- The Mustangs average 182.6 more yards per game (532.4) than the Midshipmen allow per outing (349.8).
- SMU is 3-1 against the spread and 5-0 overall when the team amasses more than 349.8 yards.
- The Mustangs have turned the ball over eight times this season, three more turnovers than the Midshipmen have forced (5).
- Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for SMU at SISportsbook.
Navy Stats and Trends
- Navy has covered the spread twice this season.
- The Midshipmen have always covered the spread this year when underdogs by 13.5 points or more.
- Navy’s games this season have gone over the total in three out of four opportunities (75%).
- This season the Midshipmen put up 5.8 fewer points per game (16) than the Mustangs give up (21.8).
- The Midshipmen rack up 127.6 fewer yards per game (293) than the Mustangs allow per outing (420.6).
- The Midshipmen have turned the ball over six times, three fewer times than the Mustangs have forced turnovers (9).
- Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup.















