The North Carolina Tar Heels kick off their 2022 season when they host the Florida A&M Rattlers on Saturday at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels are looking for a bounce-back season after a disappointing 6-7 record last year. They have been picked to finish third in the Coastal Division of the ACC. Kickoff is 8:15 p.m. ET. 

The Tar Heels are 45-point favorites in the latest North Carolina vs. Florida A&M odds at Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under for total points scored is 55.5. (See up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page.)

Before you make any Florida A&M vs. North Carolina picks or college football predictions, you NEED to see which side SportsLine expert Emory Hunt is on.

Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He knows the game from a player's perspective.

In addition, he has his finger on the pulse of North Carolina. He is 14-5-1 (+853) in his last 20 against-the-spread picks in games involving the Tar Heels. Anyone who has followed him is way up.

Hunt knows that North Carolina has one of the best receivers in the conference in Josh Downs. The 5-foot-10, 175-pounder from Suwanee, Ga., set program records last season with 101 receptions and 1,335 receiving yards. He was named to the All-ACC first team last season and to the preseason All-ACC team this year.

Hunt also knows that Florida A&M is missing several key players due to eligibility issues. But quarterback Jeremy Moussa is expected to play, so the Rattlers should have their offensive leader on the field. 

Now, Hunt has locked in another confident ATS pick for North Carolina vs. Florida A&M. We can tell you he's leaning Over the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Florida A&M vs. North Carolina? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the North Carolina vs. Florida A&M spread to jump on, all from the expert who is 14-5-1 in his last 20 ATS picks in games involving the Tar Heels!