The Florida International Golden Panthers and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will try to keep their offenses rolling when they begin Conference USA play on Friday night at Joe Aillet Stadium. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. ET. FIU is coming off its first victory of the season last week against New Hampshire, while Louisiana Tech has hit its stride since an opening loss to Texas. Quarterback J'Mar Smith has led a potent Bulldogs offense that racked up 453 yards in last week's victory against Bowling Green. The Panthers have talent all over the field, but were struggling until finding their groove behind backup quarterback Kaylan Wiggins, who ran for an FIU QB-record 187 yards last week. The Bulldogs are 7.5-point favorites in the latest Florida International vs. Louisiana Tech odds, down from an open of nine, and the over-under for total points scored is 51.5. Before you make your FIU vs. Louisiana Tech picks, you need to see the college football predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model.

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The model enters Week 4 of the 2019 college football season on a blistering 30-10 run on its top-rated picks. It also called Kentucky (+9.5) covering against No. 9 Florida and No. 5 Oklahoma (-23.5) covering against UCLA in Week 3. Anybody who has been following it is way up. 

Now, it has broken down Florida International vs. Louisiana Tech. We can tell you that the model is leaning under, and it also says one side of the spread hits in over 50 percent of simulations. You can only get that pick at SportsLine. 

The model knows that stopping Louisiana Tech's offense is a tall order. Smith has passed for 818 yards, including 267 last week, and has a deep receiving corps led by NFL prospect Adrian Hardy (12 catches for 164 yards in 2019). The Bulldogs' defense has a talented secondary, led by cornerback Amik Robertson, who had four passes defended and returned an interception return for a touchdown last week, and senior L'Jarius Sneed. The unit combined for 11 picks last season, including four from Robertson and three from Sneed.

Just because Louisiana Tech is talented on both sides of the ball doesn't guarantee it will cover the FIU vs. Louisiana Tech spread on Friday.

Florida International has plenty of talent of its own and is 5-0 against the spread versus teams with winning records. The Panthers' offense has plenty of weapons, with depth at every skill position. Wiggins ran all over New Hampshire, and he wasn't the only one, as Florida International piled up 310 rushing yards. 

FIU has a strong stable of running backs in Anthony Jones (143 yards in 2019), Napoleon Maxwell (88) and D'Vonte Price (78) who all add different dimensions to the offense. Linebacker Sage Lewis is the heart of FIU's defense. He was 10th in the nation in tackles last season and was the preseason C-USA defensive player of the year. He has 22 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception this season.

So who wins Louisiana Tech vs. FIU? And which side of the spread hits in more than 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Louisiana Tech vs. FIU spread to back on Friday night, all from the advanced simulation on a 30-10 run on college football picks.