SEC Week 9 Betting Odds: Appetizing QB Matchup Set for Knoxville

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Georgia, Tennessee Look to Take Care of Business Before Huge Showdown

What is the world coming to when the annual Florida-Georgia showdown barely registers on the national scene? The SEC Week 9 betting odds are calling for another routine win for the top-ranked Bulldogs.

The matchup between Kentucky and Tennessee is the game to watch in the SEC in Week 9 while Georgia is expected to roll past the Gators.

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If Georgia and Tennessee take care of business, the latest Game of the Year in college football will be set for the teams in Week 10.

The Ole Miss-Texas A&M matchup is another game that has lost some of its luster as many of the Week 9 contests aren’t moving the needle.

Alabama, Louisiana State, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt have bye weeks.

Georgia and Tennessee remained first and third in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Alabama comes in sixth while Ole Miss tumbled eight spots to 15th. LSU jumped into the AP poll at No. 18.

Georgia (+180) is tied with Ohio State for the best odds to win the national title. Alabama comes in third at +325 with Tennessee’s odds priced at +1600.

Georgia is priced at -115 to win the SEC title. Alabama (+130) and Tennessee (+550) are the next closest challengers.

Game of the Week

Kentucky Wildcats vs Tennessee Volunteers

Date, time (TV):
Line: Tennessee -12.5

This is a showdown between the two highest rated passers in the SEC. Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, who is currently listed second in the Heisman Trophy odds, is completing 71% of his passes to go with 18 touchdown passes and one interception. Kentucky’s Will Levis of Kentucky, who is being touted as a potential top 10 pick in the 2023 NFL draft, is completing 69.5% of his passes with 13 TD passes and five interceptions.

Tennessee (7-0, 3-0 in the SEC) is allowing more passing yards per game than any other SEC team while Kentucky (5-2, 2-2) is tied with Georgia for the SEC lead with just four TD passes allowed this season.

A concern for the Wildcats is that Kentucky has allowed 26 sacks which is tied for the most in the SEC. The Wildcats are also averaging an SEC-low 3.1 yards per carry.

The teams will have a tough act to follow after last year’s 45-42 thriller when the two quarterbacks combined for 688 passing yards and seven touchdown passes.

Tennessee has covered in four of the last five meetings with Kentucky.

Other Games to Watch

Arkansas Razorbacks vs Auburn Tigers

Date, time (TV):
Line: Arkansas -3.5

When looking at the SEC Week 9 betting odds, this has a chance to be one of the most competitive games of the week.

Auburn (3-4, 1-3) has lost three games in a row while Arkansas (4-3, 1-3) has dropped three consecutive conference games so one of these teams will be picking up a much-needed win.

Raheim Sanders of Arkansas is the SEC leader with 870 rushing yards. He will be going against an Auburn defense that is allowing an SEC-leading 204.4 rushing yards per game. Auburn leads the SEC with 15 rushing plays of at least 20 yards and seven plays or 30 yards or longer.

Auburn is completing 42.6% of its passes over the last three games with one touchdown pass and four interceptions.

After missing the Mississippi State game, Arkansas quarterback K.J. Jefferson threw for 367 yards and five TDs in a win over Brigham Young.

Auburn’s Tank Bigsby is coming off a season-high 179 rushing yards against Ole Miss.

Auburn is -11 in turnover margin and that is tied with Central Michigan for the most in the nation.

Arkansas’ Drew Sanders and Jordan Domineck are first and third in the SEC with 6.5 and 4.5 sacks.
Auburn has won six games in a row against Arkansas with the average margin of victory being 24.2 points.

Florida Gators vs Georgia Bulldogs

Date, time (TV):
Line: Georgia -23

Just two years ago, Florida came away with a 16-point win over Georgia. Since that time, Florida is 14-13 and Georgia is 25-1 as the Bulldogs continue to sit atop the SEC football standings.

A key for the Gators (4-3, 1-3) is that Florida has allowed an SEC-low five sacks this season so that could help quarterback Anthony Richardson as he goes against a Georgia defense that is rated first against the pass in the SEC.

Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett has just four TD passes in four SEC games. He is one of five players with more than 25 carries for the Bulldogs (7-0, 4-0).

Florida has more takeaways than Georgia this season.

This is the first time dating back to 1995 that Georgia is favored by more than 20 points against Florida.

Missouri Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks

Date, time (TV):
Line: South Carolina -4

Has a 5-2 team received less attention than South Carolina?

The Gamecocks are coming off back-to-back wins against Kentucky and Texas A&M. It hasn’t always been pretty considering that South Carolina is seventh in the SEC in total defense and 10th in total offense. Still, a win would give the Gamecocks three straight SEC wins for the first time since 2013. The SEC Week 9 betting odds favor the Gamecocks winning again. This could be a tricky game when it comes to the college football picks and parlays.

Counting non-conference wins against Charlotte and South Carolina State, South Carolina running back MarShawn Lloyd has seven scoring runs over the last four games.

A key for Missouri (3-4, 1-3) will be finishing drives. The Tigers have 14 touchdowns in 26 drives reaching the red zone and have come away with no points on eight drives into the red zone.

Keep an eye on Missouri linebacker TyRon Hopper, who has nine tackles for loss.

Missouri has won each of the last three matchups and covered in each of them.

Ole Miss Rebels vs Texas A&M Aggies

Date, time (TV):
Line: Ole Miss -2.5

Before the season, this could have been viewed as one of the more compelling SEC games not involving either Alabama or Georgia.

However, Texas A&M (3-4, 1-3) is the leader in the clubhouse for the most disappointing team in the SEC while Ole Miss is coming off a loss to unranked LSU.

Ole Miss (7-1, 3-1) had a season-low 117 rushing yards against LSU. The Ole Miss defense has allowed 553 rushing yards and eight scoring runs over the last two games.

A lack of offense has been one of the issues for the Aggies as they are 13th out of 14 SEC teams in total offense. Texas A&M’s rushing yards per game have dropped from 183 to 121 this season.

Each of the last seven meetings between the Rebels and Aggies have finished under the total.

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