The Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (2-1) travel to The Grove in Oxford to have an offensive battle with the Mississippi Rebels (3-0) Saturday at 4 p.m. ET. (SEC Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Tulsa vs. Mississippi odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
Ole Miss comes into this matchup after handling Georgia Tech on the road last Saturday 42-0. The offense of Lane Kiffin and the Rebels is right where we expected it to be early in the season. Even with QB Matt Corral departing, the transfer in of QB Jaxson Dart from USC meant the position would not take a step back. Thus far, the defense has taken a step forward this season, which will become even more important when they start SEC play next week.
Tulsa also handled business last Saturday in a 54-17 throttling of Jacksonville State. QB Davis Brin leads the country in passing yards (1,206) and passing TD (11). The Tulsa offense has not faced a defense the caliber of Ole Miss yet. Nor has the Ole Miss defense faced an offense this good. It will be an interesting chess match to see which unit comes out on top in Oxford.
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Tulsa at Mississippi odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 1:05 a.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): Tulsa +900 (bet $100 to win $900) | Ole Miss -1600 (bet $1600 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Tulsa +21.5 (-108) | Ole Miss -21.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 65.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Tulsa at Mississippi picks and predictions
Prediction
Ole Miss 51, Tulsa 37
Money line
PASS.
The line is too high to recommend any form of bet here. Save your money.
Against the spread
It is only a small play, but I LEAN TULSA +21.5 (-108) to cover here.
Ole Miss has yet to take on a team which can keep up with them on offense. This week, in Tulsa, they might just have 1.
While I do not expect Tulsa to come close to winning, they can score enough to keep the game within the +21.5 and cover the spread. If I were making a play here, it would only be in Tulsa.
Over/Under
TAKE OVER 65.5 (-110) as the big play here.
This is by far the best play of the game. Ole Miss and the air raid offense want to run an up-tempo game. Tulsa, with Brin, are willing to match the tempo the Rebels want to play.
There will be many drives in this game and points will not be scarce.
If you make one play on this game, make it OVER 65.5 (-110).
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