Temple Owls vs Army Black Knights Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 11/08/25

The Temple Owls head to West Point to take on the Army Black Knights in an interesting matchup of two run-first teams with inconsistent defensive play. Army ranks No. 1 in FBS for time of possession this season, which certainly helps keep the defense off the field. However, when the defense is on the field, the unit hasn’t been very efficient. Army ranks 129th in quality drive rate allowed and 111th in defensive success rate.

Army runs the ball 85.77% of plays — the highest mark in FBS — and tends to chew some clock when driving down field. While the offense is certainly capable of putting together scoring drives against a suspect Temple defense, the explosiveness isn’t there matching up against a Temple offense that is No. 1 in the country in points per quality drive. The Owls make their scoring opportunities count, and if they build an early lead Army could find itself forced out of its preferred scheme. 

Temple vs Army prediction: Temple +7 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number or better.