2023 Duke's Mayo Bowl Lines - North Carolina vs. West Virginia Odds

Duke's Mayo Bowl Lines - North Carolina vs. West Virginia Odds

The West Virginia Mountaineers and the North Carolina Tar Heels will face off in the 22nd annual Duke's Mayo Bowl. The game will be played on December 27th at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC. This marks West Virginia's 40th bowl appearance, including 19 bowl games in the past 22 years. This is the third meeting between the two schools, all in bowl games, with each winning once. The first meeting took place in 1996, in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, and the last meeting took place in Charlotte in 2008. WVU is 2-2 overall in games played in Bank of America Stadium.

2023 Duke's Mayo Bowl at a Glance

Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Time (ET) / TV: 5:30 PM / ESPN

Venue: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Matchup: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. West Virginia Mountaineers

College Football Betting Lines

North Carolina Tar Heels +3

West Virginia Mountaineers -3

Total: 56.5

Money Line: North Carolina +137, West Virginia -157

Duke's Mayo Bowl Preview

Last game, the West Virginia Mountaineers won 34-31 against the Baylor Bears as 11.5-point road favorites. The game went over the total of 54.5. West Virginia has a record of 8-4 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 8-4 over/under the total. West Virginia ranks 27th for total offense, 94th for passing, 3rd for rushing and 39th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 72nd overall, 92nd against the pass, 49th against the rush, and 78th for points allowed. Also, West Virginia ranks 57th for fewest turnovers lost and 86th for takeaways.

This marks the third time that WVU played in the Charlotte-based bowl game, winning 31-30 against North Carolina in 2008 (Meineke Car Care Bowl) and dropping a contest with Virginia in the inaugural Charlotte bowl game (Continental Tire Bowl) in 2002.

The Mountaineers also split a pair of regular-season games in the stadium, defeating Tennessee, 40-14, in 2018 and dropping a 30-23 decision to East Carolina in 1999.

Last game, the North Carolina Tar Heels lost 39-20 against the NC State Wolfpack as 2.5-point road favorites. The game went over the total of 55. North Carolina has a record of 8-4 straight up, 6-6 against the spread, and 6-5 over/under the total. North Carolina ranks 3rd for total offense, 9th for passing, 18th for rushing and 15th for scoring. Defensively, they rank 98th overall, 102nd against the pass, 88th against the rush, and 75th for points allowed. Also, North Carolina ranks 48th for fewest turnovers lost and 41st for takeaways.

Duke’s Mayo Bowl Prediction

In this situation, West Virginia has the better defense and finished the regular season more impressively.

Duke's Mayo Bowl Format

After a decade of sponsoring this bowl game, Belk pulled out of the title role at the conclusion of the 2019 edition of this game. That left this bowl looking for a sponsor, and it was announced that Duke’s Mayo would become the new sponsor in the summer of 2020.

This game has always featured an ACC team since it is in the heart of ACC country. From 2002 to 2013, the ACC took on a team from the Big East in Charlotte, but the dissolution of the conference’s football programs led to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl featuring teams from the SEC and ACC between 2014 and 2019.

The ACC will take on a Big Ten team in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in even-numbered years and an SEC team in odd-numbered years.

Duke's Mayo Bowl Past Results

South Carolina pulled off the upset in 2021 in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, as they routed North Carolina. The Gamecocks bolted out to an 18-0 lead after the first quarter, and North Carolina never recovered.

In 2022, Maryland beat NC State 16-12. DB Jakorian Bennett was the MVP and Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 221 yards and a TD.

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