Texas-San Antonio at Florida Atlantic

BOCA RATON (Interstat) — Texas-San Antonio will take a 7-1 record into an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision game against Florida Atlantic on Thursday at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. The Roadrunners are the visiting team. The Owls are 5-3 and will be the home team. Texas-San Antonio has won four straight games, while Florida Atlantic has lost two of its past three.

Texas-San Antonio most recently beat Tulane 42-19. Owen McCown completed 16 of 23 passes for 173 yards and a touchdown and ran four times for 20 yards in that game. Dylan Spencer added a tackle and a quarterback hurry, and Drenon Fite III made a tackle. McCown has passed for 741 yards and four touchdowns over his past three games while rushing for 79 yards. In those games, he completed 28 of 38 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns against Navy, running seven times for 7 yards, and 22 of 31 passes for 209 yards while running nine times for 52 yards against South Florida.

Florida Atlantic most recently lost 48-41 at North Texas. Caden Veltkamp completed 37 of 56 passes for 452 yards and five touchdowns in that game. Jonathan Bax and Bo Simpson-Nealy each made two tackles. Veltkamp has passed for 1,109 yards and 11 touchdowns over his past three games. He previously passed for 339 yards and three touchdowns against Rice, running 11 times for 5 yards and a touchdown, and for 318 yards and three touchdowns against Army.

Texas-San Antonio’s other results this season include a 38-34 win over Navy, a 31-24 win over South Florida, a 16-14 win at Rice, a 59-45 win over Colorado State, a 31-26 win at Texas State and a 45-16 win over UT Rio Grande Valley. The Roadrunners lost 30-6 at Texas.

Florida Atlantic has beaten Rice 51-49, Texas Southern 66-10, Louisiana-Monroe 45-17, Florida International 16-10 and Navy 38-30. The Owls lost to North Texas 48-41, Army 56-24 and Florida 66-21.

After this game, Texas-San Antonio is scheduled to host North Texas, visit UAB and host Tulsa. Florida Atlantic is scheduled to visit Tulsa, host South Florida and visit East Carolina.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Texas-San Antonio to win 58-49. Texas-San Antonio has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -6.5. The over-under for the game is 72.5.