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6 days ago
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2025 Florida Atlantic Football Predictions: Owls Ranked 111th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136
College Football 2025 Florida Atlantic Football Predictions: Owls Ranked 111th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136 Updated Aug. 10, 2025 9:28 p.m. ET share facebook x reddit link This isn't your average college football ranking. My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it's my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list: Who do I think is good? Why do I think they're good? What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations? Here is a look at where Florida Atlantic lands in my Ultimate 136. Florida Atlantic ranking: 111 Last year's ranking: 123 Top player: QB Caden Veltkamp: C-USA Offensive Player of the Year last season; led C-USA in pass yards (3,108) and pass TDs (25). [FAU's 2025 schedule] RJ's take: The "It" kid offensive coordinator has a program of his own, and, at 33, Zach Kittley takes over a program that has gone 22-35 under its last two head coaches. It's a reminder of just how good Lane Kiffin was at FAU, and the hope is Kittley can be the same. ADVERTISEMENT Former Western Kentucky QB Caden Veltkamp is gonna fold into Kittley's scheme just fine with 3,108 yards, 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last year in Bowling Green, Kentucky. And the schedule is tempered with non-conference games against North Alabama, at Toledo, at LSU (to pay the bills) right when the rent is due on Nov. 22. The Owls of Boca Raton could end up bowling. [Check out RJ Young's Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here] Florida Atlantic Win Total Odds: Over 4.5 (+122) Under 4.5 (-150) Have an issue with my rankings? Think your alma mater is too low, or your school's rival is too high? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young , and I'll select my favorite tweets and respond to them in a future article. RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports. Follow him at @RJ_Young. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience College Football Florida Atlantic Owls share
Miami Herald
22-06-2025
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Florida Atlantic Football Preview 2025: Owls Season Prediction, Win Total Projection, Top Players
Florida Atlantic Owls Key to the Season The offensive line has to give everyone time to going to be hard to do with a totally patchwork front five, but it can't be too much worse. It allowed close to three sacks and seven tackles for loss per game, the running game wasn't good, and the solid skill parts now in place need more time to operate.2025 Florida Atlantic Preview Florida Atlantic Owls Key Player Vincent Forney, OT 6-5, 275-pound sophomore isn't massive, but he moves well. Brought in to take over one of the tackle jobs, the faster he can grow into the gig, the stronger the pieces of the puzzle will be put together in fall camp. Florida Atlantic Owls Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss Top Transfer In: Caden Veltkamp, QB other key players are coming in, but Veltkamp needs to be the star of the show. The Conference USA Player of the Year threw for over 3,100 yards with 25 touchdowns and ten picks at Western Kentucky last Transfer Out: Phillip Dunnam, S Cam Fancher leaving for UCF is actually the biggest transfer loss, but the Owls might have upgraded the position with was one of the team's better defenders, making 109 tackles with six picks and ten broken up passes over the last two years, but he's moving up the road with Fancher to UCF. Florida Atlantic Owls Key Game at Rice, Oct. 4Rice is another AAC program undergoing a coaching overhaul, and it also needs to deal with huge personnel changes. By this point, Florida Atlantic should be 2-2 with losses to Maryland and Memphis, and wins over Florida A&M and FIU. Win this, and with UAB next, a 4-2 start is possible.- 2025 Florida Atlantic Schedule Breakdown Florida Atlantic Owls Top 10 Players 1. Caden Veltkamp, QB Jr.2. Easton Messer, WR Jr.3. Daughtry Richardson, OT Jr.4. Wendol Philord, S Sr.5. Jabari Smith, WR Soph.6. Logan Lupo, P Sr.7. Jayden Williams, S Sr.8. Germari Sands, RB Soph.9. JR Wilson, WR Jr.10. Garrison Smith, PK Sr. Florida Atlantic Owls 2024 Fun Stats - 4th Quarter Scoring: Opponents 104, Florida Atlantic 46- Sacks: Opponents 30 for 196 yards, Florida Atlantic 13 for 66 yards- Passing Touchdowns: Opponents 23, Florida Atlantic 9 Florida Atlantic Owls 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen The Owls will be the very least, the new coaching staff will get a whole lot more than the 311 points last year's attack came up weren't that many close calls last year - Michigan State was oddly tight late, but North Texas and Temple were gettable losses - but a few more of those could've swung the other time around, Florida A&M should be a win. Tulsa and UAB are winnable home games, FIU and Rice are winnable road dates, and there should be one shocker in a good way, and one in a bad way. After several twists and turns, the Owls will stay in the mix to be bowl eligible through The Florida Atlantic Win Total At … 4.5 Likely Wins: Florida A&M50/50 Games: East Carolina, at FIU, at Navy, at Rice, Tulsa, UAB, UConnLikely Losses: at Maryland, Memphis, at USF, at Tulane2025 Florida Atlantic Preview © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
