Temple Owls Odds

2024 Temple Owls Football

The Temple Owls football team are coming off a brutal 3-9 record in 2023. Head coach Stan Drayton is entering his third season in Philadelphia, having won just six games in two seasons. And it’ll be a tough task to right the ship in 2024 without star QB EJ Warner, who elected to go into the transfer portal and play at Rice this upcoming season.

Finding a quarterback will be Coach Drayton’s top priority heading into the fall. The competition will be between Forrest Brock and Rutgers transfer, Evan Simon. Although we’ll surely keep a close eye on how this position battle shakes out, Drayton will look to establish the ground game. Drayton has a history as a highly touted running backs coach at various stops, but he hasn’t quite been able to get the ground game going in Philly. Antwain Littleton II was a big get for Temple out of the transfer portal - he had six rushing TDs at Maryland as a redshirt freshman and will look to be Temple’s most dynamic playmaker this fall.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Owls will be counting on several transfers to help elevate this disappointing unit from a season ago. Temple will be counting on intra-conference transfers, Latrell Jean and Tyquan King from Florida Atlantic and East Carolina, respectively, to rejuvenate their front seven.

The Owls have been stuck at three wins in each of the past three seasons, and the bookmakers are expecting a lot of the same from the Owls with their win total set at a measly 2.5 games. They have a brutal non-conference schedule featuring games against Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina, and Utah State. Unsurprisingly, Temple holds the highest consensus odds to win the American Athletic Conference this upcoming season with +16364 odds. However, with teams like Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF leaving for the Big 12, there should be more winnable games in conference for the Owls.

Temple Owls Point Spreads

"Covering the spread" is a reference to a point spread bet, which is a bet based on the margin of victory.

Let’s take a look at what an Owls spread might look like and break it down:

• Temple +9.5 (-110)
• Navy -9.5 ( -110)

The Owls won this matchup 32-18, last season, which means they not only covered this spread, but also won the game outright. If they were to lose the spread, the Midshipmen would have had to have won the game by ten points or more.

Temple Owls Over/Unders

Betting on the Owls’ overs were breakeven a year ago as they finished 6-6 on over/unders.

Over/under bets, also known as totals, are wagers that are determined by the combined points scored by both teams in a given game.

Oddsmakers set the total at how many points they think will be scored, so let’s say it was 46.5 for the example set above. If you took the over, a 32-18 final would mean you have a winning wager because the total amount of points scored was 50. If the total points scored combined at 46 or fewer, the under would have been the winning wager.

Temple Owls Moneylines

While point spread and total bets deal with point differentials and combined points, moneyline wagers are much easier to follow. When you place a moneyline bet, you are simply betting on who you think will win the game.

Temple defeating Rice as a -300 favorite is fine, but a $30 bet pays out just $10. If you’re able to catch the Owls as a +300 underdog, though, a $10 bet on them profits $30. These bets are easiest to understand when you break them down as $10 or $100 wagers.

Temple Owls Futures

Despite several big-time programs leaving the AAC, Temple still has the longest odds to win the conference. If you think they’re going to overcome all odds and win the AAC, you can put your money down on a futures wager.Futures are wagers that settle at a later time, usually at the end of the season. Examples of futures bets are picking a conference winner, over/unders on team wins, as well as picking a Heisman Trophy winner.