The Temple Owls take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, Georgia. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. ET on The CW.
Georgia Tech is favored by 24 points on the spread with a moneyline of -2200. The total is set at 51.5 points.
Here’s my Temple vs. Georgia Tech prediction and college football picks for Saturday, September 20, 2025.
Temple vs Georgia Tech Prediction
- Temple vs. Georgia Tech Pick: Temple +24
My Georgia Tech vs. Temple best bet is on the Owls to cover the spread. Find the best line available on our live NCAAF odds page.
Temple vs Georgia Tech Odds
| Temple Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+24 -110 | 51.5 -110o / -110u | +1100 |
| GA Tech Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-24 -110 | 51.5 -110o / -110u | -2200 |
- Temple vs Georgia Tech point spread: Georgia Tech -24
- Temple vs Georgia Tech over/under: 51.5 points
- Temple vs Georgia Tech moneyline: Temple +1100, Georgia Tech -2200
Temple vs Georgia Tech Preview
Temple Owls Betting Preview: Owls Primed to Play Up
So, Temple, huh?
Before you start talking to your children about Evan Simon, we may want to slow things down just a touch. Simon's looked pretty good when not horribly overmatched, throwing for nine touchdowns without a pick yet on the season.
Temple crushed UMass and Howard, scoring at least six touchdowns apiece. With teams like Charlotte and Tulsa left on the board, we could be talking about a Temple Owls team fighting for a bowl come November.
However, this is a team whose profile is somewhat inflated due to its strength of schedule.
As it lies after Week 3, UMass ranks 195th among Division I programs and Howard ranks 222nd. Temple lined as just a -2 favorite at UMass to start the year, but I'd make that line -17 this week.
We didn't know how dreadful the Minutemen would be.
When overmatched in Week 3 against Oklahoma, Temple couldn't get anything going through the air or on the ground. The Sooners stifled them to just 105 total yards at home. Temple picked up a ghastly 12% of available yards.
The Owls run one of the most methodical paces in the FBS, checking in at 120th nationally in seconds per play.
The Temple defense also has slightly inflated numbers from playing two poor offenses.
Sekou Kromah and Cam'Ron Stewart have proven to be a pesky pass rush duo on the edge, with Stewart turning in some awe-inspiring numbers – 16 pressures and three sacks in just 60 total snaps. Expect Stewart to see increased playing time as both an extremely efficient player and the team's highest-graded defender, per PFF.
Even against Oklahoma, Temple's defense played just fine. The Sooners amassed just 52% of available yards, and their drives lasted less than six plays on average, for better or for worse (six drives that came up empty and went shorter than seven plays).
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Betting Preview: Yellow Jackets Caught Looking Ahead
Georgia Tech is emerging as a legitimate threat in the ACC with a 3-0 record, which includes wins over Colorado and Clemson at home.
Haynes King sat out a massive 51-12 win over Gardner Webb and appeared 100% healthy against Clemson the following week. He's been far more effective as a runner, with four touchdowns and over 270 yards on the ground (no passing touchdowns yet). The backfield combo of King and Jamal Haynes appears to be just as deadly as anticipated so far.
With the bulk of the ACC schedule upcoming — GT visits Wake Forest next weekend, then goes on bye — the Yellow Jackets are almost certainly looking to keep King healthy. King's 43 rush attempts this year are the most among quarterbacks not operating an option offense (Army, Navy, Rice). We've seen in years past the toll that Georgia Tech's reliance on King can have on his season-long health.
Georgia Tech's defense has been a pleasant surprise. Through three games, the Yellow Jackets rank 13th nationally in Rush Success Rate allowed and 46th in Pass Success Rate allowed.
There's a real bugaboo about Tech's performance on late downs. It ranks 113th nationally in late down success rate and in the bottom 12 in average third down distance created.
Against more consistent offenses, this could prove to be a real problem. Tech avoids Miami and SMU in league play, leaving Duke and Georgia as the two most threatening foes left on the schedule.
But it just wouldn't be Georgia Tech football without a bit of drama. Last year, the Yellow Jackets played in six one-score games, and the year prior, five. They've also already played in two this year.
Temple vs Georgia Tech Pick, Betting Analysis
Watch the weather on Saturday in the Atlanta metro area. The forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms that could delay play or necessitate a change in kickoff time.
Against Oklahoma — a team with a flawed offense but dynamic defense — Temple was completely lifeless. There's about a nine-point difference between Oklahoma and Georgia Tech in industry-aggregate power ratings, and we can adjust by one or two points for playing on the road. Oklahoma was lined as a 24-point favorite at Temple, about the same as Georgia Tech is this weekend at home; I'd say there's more than a three-point difference between the two teams.
This is a decent letdown spot for Georgia Tech after taking down Clemson in Week 3, and head coach Brent Pry hasn't been terrific at home. Georgia Tech is just 4-7 against the spread as a home favorite and 17-23 ATS against non-conference foes at home since 2015. The Yellow Jackets have a home loss to Bowling Green as 21-point favorites and have failed to cover the numbers against Georgia State and Western Carolina over the last three seasons, too.
ACC play continues for Georgia Tech moving forward, and it simply doesn't run a quick enough pace for me to be comfortable laying a big number here.
Temple also runs a slow enough pace to milk some of the clock, and Simon has kept good care of the football thus far.
I'm not concerned about shell shock for Temple coming off two easy opponents like last week. They played a big opponent and came in with a favorable spot (bye next week).
Pick: Temple +24
