Two ACC teams will try to win their first conference game this season when the Miami Hurricanes host the Virginia Cavaliers on Thursday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. This will be the ACC opener for the Hurricanes (2-2). Meanwhile the Cavaliers (2-2, 0-2 in ACC) opened the season with wins over William & Mary and Illinois but have lost by 20 points in each of the last two weeks to North Carolina and Wake Forest. 

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Hurricanes, who could be without quarterback D'Eriq King (shoulder), are 5.5-point favorites in the latest Miami vs. Virginia odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the Over/Under for total points scored is 62. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on SportsLine's college football odds page.)

Before you make any Virginia vs. Miami picks or any other college predictions, you NEED to see which side college football expert Tom Fornelli is on. 

The CBS national writer has been profitable across multiple sports, but his specialty is college football. What's more, he has demonstrated a particularly sharp eye for Miami. In fact, Fornelli is an impressive 17-5 (+1180) in his last 22 picks involving the Hurricanes. Anyone who has followed him is way up.

Miami faces a Virginia defense that has struggled mightily this season. The Cavaliers are allowing 423.0 yards per game, which ranks last in the 14-team ACC and 101st in the country. Over the last two games, they have given up 1,172 yards and 96 points and have forced opponents to punt just three times.

On the other side of the ball, Virginia has a prolific passing attack. The Cavaliers lead the country in passing yards per game (430.5) and are seventh in the nation in total offense (546.0). Quarterback Brennan Armstrong leads in the country in both passing yards per game (426.2) and total offense (438.2).

Now, Fornelli has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Miami vs. Virginia. We can tell you he's leaning Under the 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.

Who wins Virginia vs. Miami? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to find out which side of the Miami vs. Virginia spread you should be all over Thursday, all from the Miami expert on a 17-5 roll on college football picks involving the Hurricanes!