{"id":422113,"date":"2026-10-08T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422113\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:58:49","slug":"jacksonville-state-vs-kennesaw-state-prediction-wednesday-night-college-football-picks-odds-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422113\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State prediction: Wednesday night college football picks odds, best bets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jacksonville State doesn\u2019t get much love from the college football masses, but the Gamecocks deserve some. JSU has won nine games in each of its first three seasons in the big leagues, and has been to the last two Conference USA<\/a> championship games, with one win.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks have maintained this consistency under two coaches and plenty of transfer chaos. A step-back season in 2026 would have been forgiven, but Jacksonville State has other ideas, as they\u2019re sitting at 3-2 and are the second favorites to win CUSA.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re a 3-point favorite over Kennesaw State, CUSA\u2019s against-the-odds defending champions, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State odds, prediction<\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t surprise anybody to read that these are flawed teams. Jacksonville State may be one of the best teams in Conference USA, but that\u2019s not saying much. SP+ has the Gamecocks as the 80th-best team in the country, just below average.<\/p>\n

Kennesaw State is quite a few notches down the board. The Owls were splendid in 2025, but they predictably lost their talismanic quarterback, Amari Odom, to the transfer portal and his replacement, Rickie Collins, can\u2019t be trusted.<\/p>\n

\"KennesawKennesaw State quarterback Rickie Collins. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

That has put plenty of pressure on the Owls\u2019 defense, but they haven\u2019t answered the bell. And when they have, like they did last time out against Arkansas State, the offense hasn\u2019t been able to reward them for it.<\/p>\n

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Jacksonville State\u2019s offense won\u2019t set the world on fire against good defenses, but the Gamecocks can be relentless with their running game, which is shepherded by do-it-all quarterback Caden Creel.<\/p>\n

Creel can be charged with trying to do too much at times, but I like his chances to keep this leaky defense on its heels.<\/p>\n

And Creel\u2019s offense just has to be slightly successful against the Owls, because Kennesaw State isn\u2019t really a threat to post a crooked number.<\/p>\n

The Gamecocks have value as a short road-favorite.<\/p>\n

The Play: Jacksonville State -3 (-110, DraftKings<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4640,4636,143,116,118,117,110,5775,5776],"class_list":["post-422113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-betting","tag-college-football-betting","tag-college-football","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}