Old Dominion Monarchs vs Virginia Tech Hokies Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/02/2023

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Saturday, September 2, 2023

Venue:  Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, VA

Where to Watch:  ACC Network

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  ODU +16, VT -16; Over/Under:  48.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  ODU +16, VT -16; Over/Under:  48.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  ODU +16.5, VT -16.5; Over/Under:  48.5 points

Old Dominion Monarchs:  0-0 (Sun Belt East)

Virginia Tech Hokies:  0-0 (ACC)

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Old Dominion Monarchs:  N/A

Virginia Tech Hokies:  N/A

Old Dominion finished last season with a 3-9 record overall and they had a 2-6 record in their conference games too. They were 2-4 in their home games, 1-5 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be on the road for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 19.5 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 26.6 points per game. Their offense also averaged 339.4 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 442.6 yards per game. Hayden Wolff led the team in passing yards with 2908, Blake Watson led the team in rushing yards with 918, and Ali Jennings led the team in receiving yards with 959.

 

 

 

Virginia Tech finished last season with a 3-8 record overall and they had a 1-6 record in their conference games too. They were 2-3 in their home games, 1-5 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, but they will be at home for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 19.3 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 24.7 points per game. Their offense also averaged 313.5 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 370.4 yards per game. Grant Wells led the team in passing yards with 2171, Keshawn King led the team in rushing yards with 443, and Kaleb Smith led the team in receiving yards with 674.

The current betting odds have Old Dominion listed as a 16 point underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Old Dominion wasn't really good last season with their 3-9 record overall and they were also 2-6 in their conference games. They have actually lost talent in the transfer portal too so they are going to be even worse this season but luckily for them Virginia Tech isn't going to be that good either. Virginia Tech was only 3-8 overall last season going 1-6 in their conference games and they haven't done much with the transfer portal to improve for this season either. They will be at home for this game but they were only 2-3 in their home games last year and they don't have an offense that puts up a ton of points either. Old Dominion doesn't have a great offense either and they will struggle to put up points on this defense but this could also be a game where Virginia Tech barely scores 20 points themselves so covering this spread is going to be really tough for them. The best way to place a bet here is on Old Dominion to cover the spread in this game. 

Old Dominion Virginia Tech Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Saturday, September 2, 2023 (8:00 pm ET start time) is VA Tech 20 ODU 7.

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Old Dominion Monarchs: 7-4 ATS in road games. 7-4 ATS as a road underdog of 14.5 to 17 points. 13-6 UNDER as an underdog. 15-8 UNDER in all games. 11-6 UNDER in the first two weeks of the season. 

Virginia Tech Hokies: 9-15 ATS in all games. 3-7 ATS as a favorite. 4-9 ATS in the first half of the season. 16-8 UNDER in all games. 8-4 UNDER in home games. 7-2 UNDER in non-conference games.

Old Dominion Monarchs:  None.

Virginia Tech Hokies:  J. Coney (RB) Out indefinitely - Undisclosed.

“Excited for game week to be here. I know our players are as well. Get a little antsy hitting the same color, going against the same guys. But it's in preparation for an opportunity like this. Obviously, we're looking forward to going to Lane Stadium. It's one of the unique fun atmospheres in college football, so we're looking forward to that opportunity for us. It's going to be awesome.” - Ricky Rahne on his team coming into this new college football season. 

“Yeah, we’re getting pretty close. I hope over the next three or four days. Tomorrow will be a big test; there’ll be a lot of snaps for both of those guys. It’s obviously something that everybody’s looking at very closely each day, and both guys, to be honest, the last two days have done some good things.” - Brent Pry on the starting QB competition on his team coming into the new season.

WR Granger, Ahmarian 

WR Harvey, Javon 

WR Bly, Jordan 

TE Spencer, Isaiah 

QB Wilson, Grant 

RB Calloway, Kadarius 

WR Jennings, Ali 

WR Felton, Da'Quan 

WR Lane, Jaylin 

TE Gallo, Nick 

QB Wells, Grant 

RB Thomas, Malachi 

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Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Passing: N/A

Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Coaches:

Old Dominion Monarchs: Ricky Rahne (4th season)

Virginia Tech Hokies: Brent Pry (2nd season)