Florida Atlantic vs North Texas Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 29, 2026)

Florida Atlantic Owls logo

Florida Atlantic5-2 · 4-3 ATS
FINAL41 – 48
North Texas Mean Green logo

North Texas5-2 · 5-2 ATS

College Football · Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET · DATCU Stadium

Final score by quarter

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Florida Atlantic 10 14 7 10 41
North Texas 3 21 17 7 48

How the bets settled

MoneylineNorth Texas wonClosed at -625
SpreadFlorida Atlantic coveredFlorida Atlantic +15.5, by 8.5
TotalOver 78.589 scored, 10.5 over

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

North Texas beat Florida Atlantic 48-41, with the game swinging in the third quarter after a tied halftime. The Mean Green outscored FAU 17-7 in that period to build the cushion they needed.

Tayven Jackson threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns, Jahiem White ran for 193 yards and two scores, and Justin Stevenson added 119 receiving yards and a touchdown for North Texas. FAU’s Caden Veltkamp threw for 452 yards and five touchdowns with one interception, and Easton Messer caught 16 passes for 189 yards and three scores. North Texas won the ground battle 240 rushing yards to 71 and held possession for 35:05, which helped offset FAU’s 523 total yards.

For bettors, North Texas -15.5 did not cover, and Florida Atlantic covered by 8.5. The 78.5 total went over by 10.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

North TexasFlorida Atlantic
The score margin against the closing spread (North Texas -15.5). Blue: North Texas covering. Orange: Florida Atlantic covering.
+22.5Largest FAU cover
100%FAU covering
+0Largest UNT cover
0%UNT covering

Win probability

North TexasFlorida Atlantic
Blue: North Texas favored. Orange: Florida Atlantic favored. ESPN’s in-game win probability, start to finish.

Top performers

Florida Atlantic

  • Passing YardsCaden Veltkamp37/56, 452 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT
  • Rushing YardsLeonard Farrow14 CAR, 47 YDS
  • Receiving YardsEaston Messer16 REC, 189 YDS, 3 TD
  • TacklesJoseph Sipp Jr.8

North Texas

  • Passing YardsTayven Jackson33/46, 404 YDS, 4 TD
  • Rushing YardsJahiem White26 CAR, 193 YDS, 2 TD
  • Receiving YardsJustin Stevenson9 REC, 119 YDS, 1 TD
  • SacksCurlee Thomas IV1
  • TacklesJason Cross Jr.7

Team stats

Florida AtlanticNorth Texas
523Total yards644
452Passing yards404
71Rushing yards240
29First downs31
10-18Third downs8-14
2Turnovers2
7-58Penalties8-60
24:55Possession35:05

Box score

Florida Atlantic Owls

Passing

Player C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
Caden Veltkamp 37/56 452 8.1 5 1 67.6
Easton Messer 0/1 0 0.0 0 0 —
Total 37/57 452 7.9 5 1 —

Rushing

Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
Leonard Farrow 14 47 3.4 0 17
Kaden Shields-Dutton 3 31 10.3 0 21
Ethan Ervin 4 1 0.3 0 4
Caden Veltkamp 7 -8 -1.1 0 7
Total 28 71 2.5 0 21

Receiving

Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG
Easton Messer 16 189 11.8 3 34
Dominique Henry 10 116 11.6 0 25
Kelby Valsin 6 73 12.2 0 26
Branden Hoch 3 37 12.3 1 18
Kaden Shields-Dutton 1 22 22.0 1 22
Leonard Farrow 1 15 15.0 0 15
Total 37 452 12.2 5 34

Defense

Player TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD QB HUR TD
Joseph Sipp Jr. 8 6 0 0 0 0 0
Travis Jackson 7 5 0 0 0 0 0
Amar Reynolds 6 5 0 1 0 0 0
Damon Allen 6 5 0 0 0 0 0
Leon Hart Jr. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tyson Rooks 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
Jayden Sweeney 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
CJ Doggette Jr. 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
Chris Tooley III 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wilky Denaud 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Nate Fischer 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Damarius McGhee 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Bax 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Derrick Rogers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bo Simpson-Nealy 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Khmari Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tucker Holloway 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kelby Valsin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
JK Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Roberts 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Earl Miller Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahlston Ware 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 67 49 0 3 1 3 0

North Texas Mean Green

Passing

Player C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT QBR
Tayven Jackson 33/46 404 8.8 4 0 58.9
Total 33/46 404 8.8 4 0 —

Rushing

Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
Jahiem White 26 193 7.4 2 59
Tayven Jackson 5 41 8.2 0 28
Brendon Haygood 1 7 7.0 0 7
Josiah Martin 1 5 5.0 0 5
Team 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
Max Reese 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Total 36 240 6.7 2 59

Receiving

Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG
Justin Stevenson 9 119 13.2 1 37
Max Reese 7 85 12.1 0 33
Kyle Koch 9 78 8.7 2 20
Dalton Carnes 3 66 22.0 0 30
Jahiem White 2 27 13.5 0 14
Brec Long 2 21 10.5 0 20
Baron Tipton 1 8 8.0 1 8
Total 33 404 12.2 4 37

Defense

Player TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD QB HUR TD
Peyton Taylor 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Cross Jr. 7 5 0 0.5 0 0 0
Zakye Barker 5 4 0 0 0 2 0
Brenden Reese 5 4 0 1 0 0 0
Taye Seymore 4 4 0 0 1 0 0
Brayden Knox 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
BJ Allen Jr. 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Benton 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cameren Jenkins 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tyson Wilson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
CJ Coombes 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
Cedric Roberts 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Keshawn Davila 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaden Allen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
David Onuoha 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Brandon Jones 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Curlee Thomas IV 2 1 1 1.5 0 0 0
Wesley Hudson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Davion Rhodes 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Chase Canada 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Michael Taylor II 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Udoka Ezeani 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 66 52 2 6 4 5 0

Attendance 22,092

Recap: Tayven Jackson, Jahiem White propel North Texas to 48-41 victory over Florida Atlantic (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

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Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Florida Atlantic vs North Texas pre-game preview

The betting market has North Texas at -13.5 with a total of 77.5; the DraftKings opener was UNT -12.5 with a total of 69.5. The last meeting went to North Texas, 41-37 at Florida Atlantic on October 12, 2024, and FAU is 0-1 in the last one meeting.

Florida Atlantic is 5-2 straight up and 4-3 against the spread this season, with an O/U of 6-1; its last 10 is 5-5 SU, 4-3 ATS, 6-1 O/U, and its most recent game was a 51-49 win over Rice. North Texas is 5-2 SU and 5-2 ATS with a 6-1 O/U; its last 10 is 7-3 SU, 6-3 ATS, 6-2 O/U, and it most recently won 49-39 at Navy.

The defensive ranks are notable: FAU allows 258.1 rushing yards per game, ranked 135th of 136, and UNT allows 172.7, ranked 107th. Jahiem White’s anytime touchdown prop is priced at -700 and has cleared in 9 of his last 9, a notable market detail given FAU’s rushing defense rank.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Florida Atlantic Owls

Caden Veltkamp QB306.4 pass yds · 2.3 TD per game
Date Opp CMP/ATT YDS TD INT RUSH
10/24 vs RICE 29/37 339 3 1 5
10/17 @ ARMY 33/48 318 3 1 -17
10/3 vs TXSO 13/16 247 4 0 2
9/27 @ ULM 30/39 313 2 0 2
9/19 vs FIU 24/36 202 0 0 -23
Splits Season Road 2025 vs UNT
Pass yds 297.3 (7) 302.3 (3) 304.0 (12) –
Pass TD 2.6 (7) 2.0 (3) 2.0 (12) –

Leonard Farrow RB45.3 rush yds · 2.0 rec per game
Date Opp ATT YDS TD REC REC YDS
10/24 vs RICE 17 86 0 4 28
10/17 @ ARMY 6 41 0 1 1
10/3 vs TXSO 2 13 0 – –
9/27 @ ULM 14 75 1 – –
9/19 vs FIU 5 17 1 1 9
Splits Season Road 2025 vs UNT
Rush yds 45.3 (7) 55.7 (3) – –
Rec 2.0 (4) 1.5 (2) – –

Easton Messer WR8.3 rec · 99.7 yds per game
Date Opp TGT REC YDS TD
10/24 vs RICE – 12 162 2
10/17 @ ARMY – 14 102 1
10/3 vs TXSO – 4 88 1
9/27 @ ULM – 4 15 0
9/19 vs FIU – 7 83 0
Splits Season Road 2025 vs UNT
Rec 8.0 (7) 8.3 (3) 8.7 (12) –
Rec yds 100.3 (7) 63.3 (3) 87.7 (12) –

Kelby Valsin WR6.2 rec · 77.3 yds per game
Date Opp TGT REC YDS TD
10/24 vs RICE – 7 78 0
10/17 @ ARMY – 7 89 1
10/3 vs TXSO – 7 126 3
9/27 @ ULM – 9 123 0
9/19 vs FIU – 6 56 0
Splits Season Road 2025 vs UNT
Rec 7.7 (7) 8.7 (3) 1.0 (3) –
Rec yds 97.0 (7) 101.3 (3) 11.7 (3) –

North Texas Mean Green

Tayven Jackson QB268.5 pass yds · 2.1 TD per game
Date Opp CMP/ATT YDS TD INT RUSH
10/24 @ NAVY 17/23 305 3 1 -8
10/10 vs CLT 24/31 349 5 0 8
10/2 @ TLSA 23/38 310 4 2 -1
9/26 vs HCU 16/18 270 1 0 -1
9/19 @ TXST 43/57 483 3 1 -2
Splits Season Home 2025 vs FAU
Pass yds 306.0 (7) 284.0 (3) 195.5 (11) –
Pass TD 2.6 (7) 2.7 (3) 0.9 (11) –

Jahiem White RB112.0 rush yds · 3.5 rec per game
Date Opp ATT YDS TD REC REC YDS
10/24 @ NAVY 20 174 2 4 58
10/10 vs CLT 12 105 1 2 37
10/2 @ TLSA 30 217 1 2 12
9/26 vs HCU 11 133 4 3 17
9/19 @ TXST 16 34 1 7 56
Splits Season Home 2025 vs FAU
Rush yds 121.1 (7) 120.7 (3) 66.5 (2) –
Rec 3.9 (7) 2.3 (3) 1.5 (2) –

Justin Stevenson WR5.9 rec · 94.6 yds per game
Date Opp TGT REC YDS TD
10/24 @ NAVY – 8 209 2
10/10 vs CLT – 9 122 2
10/2 @ TLSA – 5 50 2
9/26 vs HCU – 5 69 1
9/19 @ TXST – 10 122 0
Splits Season Home 2025 vs FAU
Rec 5.9 (7) 5.3 (3) – –
Rec yds 94.6 (7) 78.0 (3) – –

Corri Milliner WR4.3 rec · 66.3 yds per game
Date Opp TGT REC YDS TD
10/2 @ TLSA – 3 49 0
9/26 vs HCU – 3 65 0
9/19 @ TXST – 7 80 1
9/12 vs UNLV – 3 65 0
9/5 @ IU – 4 66 0
Splits Season Home 2025 vs FAU
Rec 4.0 (5) 3.0 (2) 4.8 (5) –
Rec yds 65.0 (5) 65.0 (2) 68.2 (5) –

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Florida Atlantic 5-2 4-3 6-1 4-0 1-2
North Texas 5-2 5-2 6-1 3-0 2-2

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Florida Atlantic vs North Texas head-to-head

Florida Atlantic are 0-1 in the last 1 meeting. Last time: Florida Atlantic lost 37-41 on October 12, 2024.

Date Venue Florida Atlantic result ATS O/U
Oct 12, 24 Florida Atlantic home L 37-41 – –

Recent form

Florida Atlantic Owls: last 10 (5-5, 4-3 ATS, O/U 6-1)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 vs RICE W 51-49 L -9.5 O 55.5
Oct 17, 26 @ ARMY L 24-56 L +2.5 O 55.5
Oct 3, 26 vs TXSO W 66-10 W -47.5 O 62.5
Sep 26, 26 @ ULM W 45-17 W -11.5 O 58.5
Sep 19, 26 vs FIU W 16-10 W -5.5 U 62.5
Sep 12, 26 vs NAVY W 38-30 W +4.5 O 59.5
Sep 5, 26 @ FLA L 21-66 L +26.5 O 59.5
Nov 29, 25 vs ECU L 3-42 – –
Nov 22, 25 vs CONN L 45-48 – –
Nov 15, 25 @ TULN L 24-35 – –

North Texas Mean Green: last 10 (7-3, 6-3 ATS, O/U 6-2)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 24, 26 @ NAVY W 49-39 W -3 O 60.5
Oct 10, 26 vs CLT W 50-10 W -27.5 O 58.5
Oct 1, 26 @ TLSA W 45-44 L -3 O 56.5
Sep 26, 26 vs HCU W 63-14 W -38.5 O 60.5
Sep 19, 26 @ TXST L 35-49 L +3 O 62.5
Sep 12, 26 vs UNLV W 44-6 W +3 U 58.5
Sep 5, 26 @ IU L 16-52 W +39.5 O 57.5
Dec 5, 25 @ TULN L 21-34 L -1.5 U 66.5
Nov 28, 25 vs TEM W 52-25 W -20.5 –
Nov 22, 25 @ RICE W 56-24 – –

Injury report

No injuries listed for either team in our data as of 2:19 PM ET.

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Florida Atlantic defense North Texas defense
Points allowed per game 35.8 (130th of 136) 31.9 (121st of 136)
Passing yards allowed per game 212.9 (70th of 136) 234.8 (98th of 136)
Rushing yards allowed per game 255.9 (135th of 136) 160 (95th of 136)
Total yards allowed per game 468.8 (134th of 136) 394.8 (107th of 136)

Venue and weather

DATCU Stadium · Denton, TXOutdoor
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Florida Atlantic vs North Texas odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
North Texas spread -12.5 -15.5 -3
Total 69.5 78.5 +9
Florida Atlantic moneyline +425 +455 -1% win chance
North Texas moneyline -575 -625 +1% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

North Texas spread -13.5 → -14.5
Total 77.5 → 77.5
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