The North Texas Mean Green host the SMU Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Apogee Stadium on CBS Sports Netowrk. North Texas won its final five regular season games last year before a tough loss in the Frisco Bowl to finish 6-7. SMU finished 8-4 and spent five weeks in the AP Top 25 last season. Rhett Lashlee will make his debut as the head coach for the Mustangs after Sonny Dykes moved on to become the head coach at TCU. 

The Mustangs are favored by 11 points in the latest North Texas vs. SMU odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 68.5. Before you make any SMU vs. North Texas picks, you'll want to see the college football predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

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