The No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0 SEC) travel to meet the No. 19 Auburn Tigers (4-1, 1-0) Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the Georgia vs. Auburn odds and lines, and make our expert college football picks, predictions and bets.
The Bulldogs flexed a little muscle last weekend against Arkansas, burying the Razorbacks 37-0 in between the hedges to easily cover a 16.5-point number. That’s back-to-back shutouts for Georgia, blanking the opposition by a combined score of 99-0. UGA is 4-1 ATS overall.
The Tigers went down to Baton Rouge and topped LSU 24-19 to cover as 3-point underdogs. Auburn is averaging just 26.0 points per game (PPG) across the past three games after averaging 61.0 PPG in a pair of tune-up games to start.
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Georgia at Auburn odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Georgia -800 (bet $800 to win $100) | Auburn +520 (bet $100 to win $520)
- Against the spread (ATS): Georgia -15.5 (-108) | Auburn +15.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 46.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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Georgia at Auburn odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Georgia 33, Auburn 10
Money line
Georgia (-800) will cost you eight times your potential return, and even though it has been rolling right along, there’s just no value there.
AVOID and look to the spread instead.
Against the spread
GEORGIA -15.5 (-108) rolled against Vanderbilt, but that wasn’t much of a surprise. But the fact they put the clamps on a good Arkansas side was a bit more of a shock. The Bulldogs kept the Razorbacks from scoring, and Arkansas has a very good offense.
Auburn has struggled on offense as QB Bo Nix just isn’t terribly consistent. It’s unlikely he’ll find himself against one of the best defensive units in the nation.
Over/Under
The UNDER 46.5 (-107) is the play as Georgia has allowed nothing defensively. While I don’t expect a third consecutive shutout the Bulldogs defense, I also don’t expect Nix and the Tigers to go wild.
Plus, Auburn’s defense is good enough to at least keep Georgia’s offense somewhat in check.
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