“It’s a big game because it’s the next game,” SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee said. “And it’s important to our fan base.”

SMU is now a part of the Power Four world now, but can it finally win a game at the upper level? It has struggled in a big, big way over the last decade over Power 5 programs, but the string and run was broken up twice against TCU in 2019 and 2021.

TCU visits rival SMU as a -3 road favorite in the penultimate Battle for the Iron Skillet. TCU at SMU betting odds and prediction.