Who’s playing: Central Florida vs Ball State
Who’s favoured: Central Florida by 7 points (up to date odds available at Pinnacle Sports)
What’s the total: 61.5 points
When and where to watch: Fri. Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN 2

About Central Florida (9-4 W/L, 6-7 ATS, 10-3 O/U)

• Game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., 100 miles from the Central Florida campus
• In its last game, Central Florida lost the Conference USA title game in overtime to Tulsa, costing UCF a berth in the Liberty Bowl and sending the Knights to the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl instead
• UCF played in Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in 2009, losing 45-24 to Rutgers
• Knights averaged 35.2 points per game and scored 31 rushing touchdowns this season
• UCF running back Latavius Murray has failed to reach 100 yards the last three games

About Ball State (9-3 W/L, 9-3 ATS, 6-5-1 O/U)

• Ball State has won its past six games
• Ball State averaged 35 points per game this season
• Status of Ball State quarterbacks is uncertain. Starter Keith Wenning was injured Nov. 14 and backup Kelly Page was hurt in season finale Nov. 23. Freshman Kyle Kamman may be making first career start.
• Ball State allowed 205.8 rushing yards and 217.7 passing yards a game this season
• Ball State is 0-5 all-time in bowl games

Head to head history:

• UCF has won two of three lifetime meetings with Ball State, most recently in 2004 when both teams were in the Mid-American Conference.