No. 12 Ole Miss will host Auburn on Halloween afternoon at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, with both SEC teams looking to rebound from losses to ranked opponents. The Rebels (5-2, 3-2 SEC) fell 34-27 at Texas, while the Tigers (4-3, 2-3) were beaten 38-17 by LSU a week after upsetting then-No. 1 Georgia.
Ole Miss will be without star running back Kewan Lacy, who dislocated his shoulder against Texas, placing more pressure on quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who has thrown for 1,926 yards and 16 touchdowns this season. Auburn counters with dual-threat quarterback Byrum Brown, who has accounted for 1,842 total yards.
Kickoff is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. ET. Ole Miss has won the last two meetings, ending a six-game winning streak by Auburn in the series.
Odds and Predictions
The latest odds list Ole Miss as an 11.5-point favorite, with an over/under of 57.5 points and a money line of Ole Miss -469, Auburn +360. The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates each game 10,000 times, projects the total to stay under 57.5 points, a result it assigns a 52% probability. The model enters Week 9 on a 68-59 run on top-rated college football picks.
According to the model, one side of the spread also hits in well over 50% of simulations, though the specific pick is available only through SportsLine.
