Saturday night in the SEC has two games with real playoff consequences. SEC-leading Kentucky goes to Knoxville at 6:15 p.m. ET, and Georgia visits Ole Miss at 7:30 p.m. ET in a rematch of last season’s College Football Playoff quarterfinal. Underdog is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS to play $10 and get $50 in bonus entries on both games.
Kentucky is the surprise of the SEC. The Wildcats are 7-1, 5-1 in conference play and alone in first place, and they’ve done it by winning close games. They beat LSU 35-34, won 35-34 at South Carolina and went to Oklahoma and won 21-13. They also come in rested after a bye week.
Tennessee is 6-2 and coming off a frustrating 27-24 loss at South Carolina. The Vols have a statement win of their own, a 26-10 beating of Alabama, and they crushed Kentucky 56-34 last season. The Wildcats haven’t won in Knoxville since a 34-7 rout in 2020.
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Pick: Adam Zouagui kicking points (higher). Kentucky’s games keep coming down to the wire, and Zouagui has been clutch, including the game-tying field goal at South Carolina. On the road in a hostile environment, drives that stall in Tennessee territory turn into field goal tries. Close SEC games are decided by kickers, and this one should be close.
This rivalry has gotten personal. Georgia beat Ole Miss 43-35 in Athens last October, then the Rebels knocked the Bulldogs out of the playoff, 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl. Ole Miss has a new head coach after Lane Kiffin left for LSU, but quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is back and the Rebels are rolling after a 45-15 win over Auburn.
Georgia has had a bumpy run through the toughest stretch of its schedule, including a 27-24 loss to Auburn, but Gunner Stockton has been one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the SEC.
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Pick: Trinidad Chambliss passing yards (higher). Ole Miss has thrown for more than 300 yards per game this season, and Chambliss is the engine. At home, at night, against a Georgia team that’s been tested in the secondary, expect the Rebels to air it out.
Pick: Gunner Stockton passing yards (higher). The other side of the same shootout. A 56.5 total tells you the books expect points, and the last two meetings between these teams produced 78 and 73. Stockton will need to keep pace in a loud building.
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