Jacksonville State vs. Liberty Betting Preview October 30

Jacksonville State takes on Liberty Wednesday night.  The Flames come into this one as a favorite.

Line Analysis and Action

• Opening Line - Liberty -1
• Line Trend - The trend has been Liberty -1 to -2.5.
• Sagarin Number - Liberty 4.75 with a clear underlay.
• Action - Action is balanced here.

Underlays in the 2.5/3 range do well for the favorite in our model.

The Flames have won four straight home games while the Gamecocks lost two of their three road games.

Tyler Huff threw for 137 yards and a touchdown, and he ran it 18 times for 151 yards and two more scores as Jacksonville State beat Middle Tennessee 42-20 on Wednesday night.

Jacksonville State (4-3, 3-0 Conference USA) has a four-game winning streak for the first time since 2020 when the team won seven in a row while at the FCS level.

Jacksonville State trailed 10-7 before marching 75 yards in 12 plays at the end of the first half to take the lead on Andrew Paul's first rushing touchdown. The Gamecocks pulled away by scoring 21 points in the third quarter.

Davis Bryson threw for a touchdown, Michael Benefield and Qua Ashley each rushed for a score, and Kennesaw State beat previously unbeaten Liberty 27-24 on Wednesday night to secure the program's first FBS victory.

Kennesaw State (1-6, 1-2 Conference USA) also picked up its first win against a Division I team since topping FCS-member UT Martin on Nov. 5, 2022. The Owls had wins over lower-level Tusculum, Lincoln (Calif.) and Virginia Lynchburg last season.

Liberty (5-1, 3-1), which entered as one of 11 unbeaten teams in FBS, had the longest active regular-season winning streak end at 17 games.