The LSU Tigers (2-3 overall, 2-3 SEC) travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to tangle with the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-4, 3-4) in a Saturday noon ET contest at Razorback Stadium. Below, we analyze the LSU-Arkansas college football betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
LSU at Arkansas: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 3:26 p.m. ET.
- Money line: LSU -139 (bet $139 to win $100) | Arkansas +115 (bet $100 to win $115)
- Against the spread/ATS: LSU -2.5 (-115) | Arkansas +2.5 (-106)
- Over/Under: 63.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
LSU at Arkansas: Three things to know
- The Tigers and Razorbacks have been surrounded by COVID-19 issues in recent weeks. Due to positive tests and quarantined team members, LSU had its scheduled Nov. 14 game against Alabama postponed. That game date came on the heels of a bye week, so the Tigers haven’t played since Oct. 31 when they lost to Auburn 48-11. For Arkansas, first-year head coach Sam Pittman was unable to coach on the sidelines last week at Florida due to a positive test.
- LSU QB Myles Brennan is out for the season after suffering an abdominal injury on Oct. 10. Understudies T.J. Finley and Max Johnson have split the workload since. Finley and Johnson have combined for three touchdown passes and three interceptions.
- The Tiger run defense has allowed 4.4 yards per carry, a higher figure than the program has allowed in any season over the last decade. LSU has been torched for 185 rushing yards per game over the team’s last three contests.
LSU at Arkansas: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
LSU 31, Arkansas 28
Money line (ML)
There are numerous factors that make this game one with which to be cautious. The LSU layoff and the personnel situations on both sides are chief among them. But peg LSU (-139) as a slight lean at a workable price.
On defense, the Tigers rate well in causing havoc and seem to be due for more takeaways. The Razorbacks figure to be due for some turnover regression going the other way. Also, LSU has much better talent across the board. Figure on the time off bolstering the Tigers.
Against the spread (ATS)
PASS. The 2.5 line is small enough that I’ll focus on the LSU money line above.
Over/Under (O/U)
The Under is 4-1 in the last five series meetings in Arkansas, and it is 4-0 over the Razorbacks’ last four games as a home underdog. This play had more room earlier in the week with a figure over 65 (so perhaps hold back and look for a market bounceback), but the UNDER 63.5 is the lean.
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