SMU vs. Syracuse Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Feb. 14

The SMU Mustangs (17-7, 6-5 ACC) visit the Syracuse Orange (14-11, 5-7 ACC) at JMA Wireless Dome, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 14, 2026. The Mustangs are 2.5-point favorites in the game. The matchup's over/under is 158.5.

In its last time out, SMU won on Tuesday 89-81 over Notre Dame. Jaron Pierre Jr. scored a team-high 22 points for SMU in the win. Syracuse is coming off of a 107-100 OT victory over Cal in its most recent outing on Wednesday. Nate Kingz's team-leading 27 points paced Syracuse in the win.

SMU vs. Syracuse Odds and Game Time

• When: Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 2 p.m. ET
• Where: JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York
• Spread favorite: SMU -2.5
• Moneyline favorite: SMU -155
• Moneyline underdog: Syracuse +124
• Over/Under: 158.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: SMU vs. Syracuse

• SMU and its opponents have combined to hit the over on Saturday's over/under of 158.5 points 17 times this season.
• This season, six of Syracuse's games have ended with a combined score higher than 158.5 points.
• The point total for the game of 158.5 is 4.4 points fewer than the combined points per game averages for the Mustangs (86.5) and Orange (76.4).
• The 149.4 points per game these two teams allow their opponents to score combined this season are 9.1 less than the 158.5-point over/under in this contest.
• On average, SMU has seen a 164.0-point over/under in its games this season, 5.5 more points than the over/under in this contest.
• Syracuse's games have an average over/under of 148.3 points this season, 10.2 fewer points than the over/under for this game.

Betting the Spread: SMU vs. Syracuse

• SMU is 11-12-1 against the spread this year.
• The Mustangs have an against the spread record of 5-8 in their 13 games as a favorite of 2.5 points or more so far this season.
• Syracuse has 13 wins against the spread in 25 games this year.
• The Orange have an ATS record of 4-4 in their eight games when underdogs by 2.5 points or more this year.
• At home this year, Syracuse is 7-8 against the spread and 11-4 overall.
• At home, as a 2.5-point underdog or more, Syracuse is 6-6 ATS.
• SMU is 3-4 overall, and 4-2-1 against the spread, in away games.
• SMU is unbeaten ATS (1-0) as 2.5-point favorites or more away from home.

Betting the Moneyline: SMU vs. Syracuse

• SMU has been listed as the moneyline favorite 15 times this season and has won all of those games.
• The Mustangs have been at least a -155 moneyline favorite 13 times this season and won each of those games.
• SMU has a 60.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Syracuse has been victorious in two of the 10 contests it has been chosen as a moneyline underdog in this season.
• The Orange have a mark of 1-6 in contests where sportsbooks give them odds of +124 or worse on the moneyline.
• Syracuse has an implied victory probability of 44.6% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.