The Tulane Green Wave (6-2, 4-0 AAC) and Charlotte 49ers (3-5, 2-2) meet Thursday at Jerry Richardson Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET (ESPN). Let’s review BetMGM Sportsbook’s college football odds around the Tulane vs. Charlotte chancesand make our expert college football picks and predictions.

The Green Wave became bowl eligible on Saturday with a 45-37 road victory at North Texas, while Tulane was a 7-point favorite. It also went undefeated in conference play, 1 of 3 AAC teams without a blemish in league play.

Tulane’s offense has been on fire lately, scoring 41 or more points in 4 of the past 5 games, including a 71-20 win at UAB on Oct. 5 as a 19.5-point favorite. QB Darian Mensah has completed 64.2% of his passes for 1,583 yards, 14 TDs and 3 INTs in 8 games, while RB Makhi Hughes is good for 939 rushing yards and 9 TDs.

The 49ers were 3-3 SU after Week 6, but Charlotte has lost consecutive games at Navy and Memphis, scoring 22.5 points per game while allowing 42.0 PPG in those pair of losses. The Over has collected 3 in a row, and 6 of the past 7, for Charlotte.

– US LBM Coaches Poll: Conducted by the American Football Coaches Association and USA TODAY Sports

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Tulane against Charlotte’s expectations

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• Moneyline (ML): Tulane -650 (bet $650 to win $100) | Charlotte +475 (bet $100 to win $475)
• Against the spread: Tulaan -14.5 (-110) | Charlotte +14.5 (-110)
• Top/Bottom (O/U): 56.5 (E: -110 | U: -110)

Tulane at Charlotte picks and predictions

Prediction

Tulane 48, Charlotte 27

Moneyline

Tulane (-650) will cost you 6 1/2 times your potential return, and that’s just way too much risk for not nearly enough reward. The Green Wave wouldn’t even be a recommended play as part of a multi-team parlay because including Tulane sucks all the value out of your ticket.

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Against the spread

Roll along TULANE -14.5 (-110) lay the points, as the Green Wave has a balanced attacking attack that the leaky Charlotte +14.5 (-110) will find very difficult to contain.

The Green Wave have scored 41 or more points in 4 of their 5 games during the current win streak.

The 49ers defense has allowed 30 or more points in 5 of 8 games, while Charlotte has allowed a total of 415.1 yards, 230.8 passing yards, 184.4 rushing yards, and 34.3 points per game.

Top/Bottom

MORE THAN 56.5 (-110) is by far the best play on the board in this battle.

The Over has cashed three straight games for Charlotte while posting a 6-1 clip in the past seven games.

For Tulane, the Over has cashed at a 5-2 pace over the past seven games, while also going 4-0 in four games.

Go out there and be quite aggressive.

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