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Rivalry Week Computer Projections

Ole Miss vs Mississippi State (+10) O/U 54.5
  • SportsLine- 35-19 Ole Miss (54)
  • BetQL- 30-20 Ole Miss (50)
  • SP+- 34-21 Ole Miss (55)
  • NumberFire- 33-17 Ole Miss (50)
  • TeamRankings- 33-17 Ole Miss (50)
  • Stats O War- 34-21 Ole Miss (55)

Missouri vs Arkansas (+9) O/U 55.5
  • SportsLine- 33-27 Missouri (60)
  • BetQL- 30-21 Missouri (51)
  • SP+- 32-24 Missouri (56)
  • NumberFire- 33-20 Missouri (53)
  • TeamRankings- 33-24.5 Missouri (57.5)
  • Stats O War- 35-21 Missouri (56)

Kentucky vs Louisville (-7.5) O/U 50.5
  • SportsLine- 31-23 Louisville (54)
  • BetQL- 32-21 Louisville (53)
  • SP+- 29-22 Louisville (51)
  • NumberFire- 28-18 Louisville (46)
  • TeamRankings- 30-21 Louisville (51)
  • Stats O War- 32-21 Louisville (53)

Texas A&M vs LSU (-11.5) O/U 66.5
  • SportsLine- 31-26 LSU (57)
  • BetQL- 38.5-30 LSU (68.5)
  • SP+- 32-29 LSU (61)
  • NumberFire- 35-26 LSU (61)
  • TeamRankings- 38-27.5 LSU (65.5)
  • Stats O War- 39-30 LSU (69)

Vanderbilt vs Tennessee (-27) O/U 57.5
  • SportsLine- 41-17 Tennessee (58)
  • BetQL- 43-16 Tennessee (59)
  • SP+- 42-14 Tennessee (56)
  • NumberFire- 44-10 Tennessee (54)
  • TeamRankings- 42-13 Tennesse (55)
  • Stats O War- 41-16 Tennessee (57)

Alabama vs Auburn (+14) O/U 48.5
  • SportsLine- 32-19 Alabama (51)
  • BetQL- 26.5-15 Alabama (41.5)
  • SP+- 32-18 Alabama (50)
  • NumberFire- 27-16 Alabama (43)
  • TeamRankings- 31-17 Alabama (48)
  • Stats O War- 30-19 Alabama (49)

Florida State vs Florida (+6.5) O/U 49.5
  • SportsLine- 32-23 Florida State (55)
  • BetQL- 30.5-20 Florida State (50.5)
  • SP+- 37-20 Florida State (57)
  • NumberFire- 40-25 Florida State (65)
  • TeamRankings- 28-21 Florida State (49)
  • Stats O War- 35-22 Florida State (57)

Clemson vs South Carolina (+7.5) O/U 51.5
  • SportsLine- 24-22 Clemson (46)
  • BetQL- 26.5-22.5 Clemson (49)
  • SP+- 29-24 Clemson (53)
  • NumberFire- 33-26 Clemson (59)
  • TeamRankings- 29.5-22.5 Clemson (52)
  • Stats O War- 26-25 Clemson (51)

Georgia vs Georgia Tech (+24) O/U 59.5
  • SportsLine- 49-13 Georgia (62)
  • BetQL- 44.5-17.5 Georgia (62)
  • SP+- 43-14 Georgia (57)
  • NumberFire- 45-23 Georgia (68)
  • TeamRankings- 43-17 Georgia (60)
  • Stats O War- 41-20 Georgia (61)

A lot of home underdogs this weekend. Usually a fun recipe for some chaos. I think Arkansas, South Carolina and Florida have the best shot at pulling off the upset. South Carolina Moneyline is a sneaky good play at +245

Group of 5 automatic gripe

Listened to the pod today, and I do agree that the G5 automatic bid is silly.

However, the reason behind it isn’t political correctness. The reason is because of lawsuits. It’s probably been a decade or so ago or more, but there was a big push from those leagues that automatic bids were designed to keep out certain leagues, and they were arguing I believe on antitrust or something like that.

In order to try to avoid fighting that, they made it where there would be at least one invite for a G5 conference. It basically ended the legal fight.

Just wanting to clarify that, because it’s all about avoiding lawsuits, not about some liberal political correctness. I think it dates all the way back to 2004 and Utah if I recall. That’s when the push started.

That’s also why the language around the automatic bids next year doesn’t designate ANY conference by name. The SEC and Big 10 don’t have automatic bids. The automatic bid language is just the Top 6 ranked conference champions. They’ll likely reduce that to 5 before next year due to the Pac-12 death, but it’ll still leave room for that G5 bid.
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