Georgia vs Auburn Betting Odds: Georgia A Double-Digit Favorite Against Auburn Yet Again

Top-ranked Georgia Goes After Its 21st Straight SEC Regular-Season Victory

Georgia May Be Short-Handed at the Running Back Position Against Auburn

The two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs finally hit the road in Week 5 to face an Auburn team trying to rebound from its first loss of the season. Not surprisingly, the visiting Bulldogs are listed by the Georgia vs Auburn betting odds as the favorite.

This will be the eighth straight time that Georgia is favored against Auburn. The Bulldogs have not only won seven games in a row versus the Tigers, but they have also covered in each of those contests. In the last two years, Georgia has outscored Auburn 76-20.

When looking at the college football schedule this weekend, this is one of three SEC games when the road team is favored by more than 10 points.

This is the first time this season that Auburn was the underdog at home. The Tigers covered just once in three matchups as the home underdog a season ago. Georgia covered in just two of its four games as the favorite in an actual road game.

The college football betting lines have Georgia favored by 14.5 points. It is the third year in a row that the Bulldogs are double-digit favorites against Auburn.

Georgia remains the No. 1 team in both national polls as the Bulldogs have received 116 of the 127 first-place votes in the Associated Press and American Football Coaches Association polls.

Georgia remains the front-runner at +225 in the odds to win the national title, with Auburn well back at +25000.

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Date/Time: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET
Location: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, AL
TV & Streaming: CBS
Line: Georgia -14.5
Total: 46.5

Young Defenders Leading Georgia’s Defense

After leading the SEC in total defense in three of the last four seasons, the Bulldogs only rank third so far this season despite a weak schedule in the early stages of the season.

Nine of the top 16 tacklers are either freshmen or sophomores as Georgia once again sent a strong group of defenders off to the NFL.

Georgia is last in the SEC with five sacks and tied for ninth with 22 tackles for loss. That could come into play when it comes to the Georgia vs Auburn betting odds.

The Bulldogs have allowed six touchdowns on eight trips into the red zone by the opponents so far this season. Auburn has just one touchdown in five drives reaching the red zone in the last three matchups against Georgia.

Georgia is only 2-6-1 against the spread in its last nine games.

Auburn is Hitting the Ground Running

Even with last season’s leading rusher, Tank Bigsby now with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, Auburn leads the SEC in rushing attempts and is second only to Tennessee in total rushing yards.

In the two games against teams from Power-5 conferences, Auburn has averaged less than four yards per carry.

Auburn has been held under 100 rushing yards in each of the last four meetings with the Bulldogs, and keep that in mind when looking at the Georgia vs Auburn betting odds.

Georgia has only surrendered one rushing play of 20 yards or longer, so Auburn will have to earn its yards on Saturday.

Auburn has covered against the college football odds in just one of its last 10 games.

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Last Meeting

Those looking at the NCAAF scoreboard might have been surprised to see that Auburn only trailed Georgia by 11 points midway through the third quarter in last year’s game. Any thoughts that Auburn would cover as the 27.5-point underdog ended as Georgia scored touchdowns on four of its next five possessions in the 42-10 win.

The game went over the 49-point total on Branson Robinson’s 15-yard touchdown run with 4:45 left to play. That score also enabled the Bulldogs to cover for the seventh straight time against Auburn.

There haven’t been back-to-back games between Georgia and Auburn to go over the total since the 2006 and 2007 contests.

What to Expect

Georgia goes after its 12th straight road win and 21st consecutive SEC regular-season victory. The Bulldogs have covered in four of the last six road games versus Auburn.

Auburn has lost seven of its last eight conference games and is 1-9 ATS in its last 10 games played in September.

Georgia’s Carson Beck is sixth in the SEC in passing efficiency, with Auburn’s Payton Thorne 13th among the 14 starting quarterbacks in passing rating, so this is a game that could feature plenty of runs between the tackles.

Auburn has the second-worst run defense in the conference. However, the 134 rushing yards allowed per game and 4.19 yards per carry are better than what the Tigers put up a season ago.

Georgia leads the nation in points scored in the third quarter so far this season, while Auburn is 92nd in points allowed per game in the third quarter. Keep that in mind heading into this matchup.

Receiver Ladd McConkey has yet to play this season for Georgia, and he is questionable yet again with a back injury. Running backs Kendall Milton and Roderick Robinson, defensive back Javon Bullard (two interceptions in the 2022 national title game), linebacker E.J. Lightsey and tight end Pearce Spurlin are also questionable for Georgia.

Running back Damari Alston is questionable for Auburn.

The total is set at 46.5 as the Georgia-Auburn game will have a total under 50 points for the seventh time in the last eight meetings. Only two of those games finished over the total.

Expect the winning ways to continue for Georgia and despite the recent history in this series, don’t be surprised to see the game finish over the total.

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