The 2018 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will be played on December 29, 2018. It will be the 51st edition of the Peach Bowl, and the second Peach Bowl to be played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Peach Bowl will be one of the College Football Playoff New Year's Six bowl games. The 10-2 (8-1) Michigan Wolverines are favored by 7.5 over the 9-3 (5-3) Florida Gators.
Why Michigan will win:
Why Michigan will win:
- Michigan scores 18.2 points in the 1st half, while Florida scores just 13.7. It edges a bit closer as Michigan scores 18.7 points in the 2nd half, while Florida scores 16.1. The defensive statistics favor Michigan, as well, as they average just 8.9 allowed in the 1sthalf and 8.7 in the 2nd half to Florida’s 11.2 and 11.7, respectively.
- Florida averages 5.1 yards per carry, while Michigan averages 5.0 yards per carry. Florida’s defense averages allowing 4.2 yards per carry, Michigan averages just 3.4 per (but will be without the aforementioned Rashan Gary who had 3.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss on the season).
- Florida ranks 101st in the country in percentage of passing plays on offense, while Michigan ranks 113th. Contrarily, they rank 24th and 25th in rushing offense.
- Both Florida and Michigan average +0.6 turnover margin per game on the year.
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