The 2023 Fenway Bowl is on tap with the SMU Mustangs set to take on the Boston College Eagles at Fenway Park on Thursday. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. ET. The Mustangs finished their season on a tear, winning nine straight including a 26-14 win over Tulane in the AAC Championship Game. On the other side, the Eagles had a five-game midseason win streak, but closed the regular season on a three-game losing streak. Boston College lost 45-20 to Miami in their last outing. SMU quarterback Preston Stone (leg) is out.

The Mustangs are 9.5-point favorites in the latest SMU vs. Boston College odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 48. SMU is a -366 (risk $366 to win $100) favorite on the money line, with Boston College listed as a +285 underdog (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Boston College vs. SMU picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football, and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

Kaylor has been red-hot all season, going 89-35-2 overall on his college football best bets for SportsLine this season so far. He is up 51.8 units, returning a profit of $5,180 for $100 bettors! Anyone who has followed his picks this season is WAY UP.

Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Boston College  vs. SMU in the 2023 Fenway Bowl. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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