This is a good spot here for Elon who is from the Colonial Athletic Conference and though it might seem odd for a smaller school here to be favored by the more well known school in South Florida, there is good reason for it. Elon comes off a loss to Charlotte in their last game at home by 5 points and this team is coached by Matt Matheny. This team won 16 games last year, 18 games 2 years ago and 21 games 3 years ago. This team has a very good coaching staff and understands the importance of big games such as this for this smaller school. Elon is a top 100 offensive team and they face a South Florida team that though is 1-0, they beat one of the worst teams in the country Florida A&M by 11 points. This team won 8 games last year and 9 games the year before. This team does not have the coaching prowess yet that it needs for this type of program and consequently, we like Elon who is the better team offensively to get it done here on the road.