The Liberty Flames, who have the nation’s longest active regular-season winning streak at 16 games, look to remain perfect on the year as they take on the Florida International Panthers in a key Conference-USA game on Tuesday night. The Panthers (2-3, 1-0 CUSA), who are 0-2 on the road this season, are looking to start conference play 2-0 for the first time since 2018. Liberty (4-0, 2-0 CUSA), who went 8-0 as national champions last season, are 3-0 on their home court in 2024.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 PM ET on CBS Sports Network at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty has a 2-0 series lead, including a 38-6 win at Miami last season. The Flames are favorites by 16.5 points in the latest FIU vs. Liberty odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is set at 55.5.

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The model knows the Flames are led by redshirt junior quarterback Kaidon Salter. He’s coming off a four-touchdown passing attempt in a 35-24 win over East Carolina on September 21. In that game, he completed 19 of 32 passes (59.4%) for 223 yards. For the season, Salter has completed 66 of 103 passes (64.1%) for 949 yards and seven touchdowns with just one interception for a 162.0 rating. He is also Liberty’s third-leading rusher, rushing 40 times for 131 yards (3.3 average), including a long of 22 yards.

The model also took into account that second-year quarterback Keyone Jenkins is driving the Panthers’ offense. He has completed 91 of 145 passes (62.8%) for 1,104 yards and nine touchdowns on the year. He has been intercepted four times, but has a rating of 141.7. He also rushed for one goal. In the win over Louisiana Tech, he completed 17 of 31 attempts (54.8%) for 208 yards and a score. He threw for three touchdowns in a 38-20 loss at FAU on September 14.

The model has simulated FIU versus Liberty 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is tilted towards the total, and it also says that one side of the spread affects more than 60% of the time!

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