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CFB Week 4 · 2026

College football · Week 13 2026 · Friday, November 27

Tulane vs South Florida prediction and pick

Our Tulane Green Wave at South Florida Bulls pick: South Florida by 9.7, 72% to win. The forecast rates every team against the opponents it has played, this season and last, and adds home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 9 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±17.1, so about 50% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Tulane at South Florida

Fri, Nov 27, time to be announced · Raymond James Stadium

South Florida by 9.7 · 72% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Tulane win28.3%
South Florida win71.7%
Middle 50%: Tulane by 3 to South Florida by 2150%
Middle 90%: Tulane by 18 to South Florida by 3890%
Middle 95%: Tulane by 24 to South Florida by 4395%
Exactly South Florida by 36.1%
Exactly South Florida by 75.2%
Exactly Tulane by 35.0%
Exactly South Florida by 144.0%
Exactly South Florida by 173.7%
P50
Half of games like this end between Tulane by 3 and South Florida by 21.
P90
9 in 10 between Tulane by 18 and South Florida by 38.
P95
19 in 20 between Tulane by 24 and South Florida by 43.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, against its opponentsSouth Florida+8.9
Home fieldSouth Florida+3.1
Last seasonTulane+2.4

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Tulane 2–2 1.2 +0.7
South Florida 4–0 2.7 +1.6

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Tulane vs South Florida: questions and answers

Who will win Tulane vs South Florida?

Our forecast picks South Florida, with 72% to win; Tulane win 28% of the time.

What’s the spread for Tulane vs South Florida?

Our spread: South Florida −9.7. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Tulane vs South Florida?

Friday, November 27, 2026 (kickoff time to be announced), at Raymond James Stadium.