Auburn Tigers (3-3) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (6-0)
October 15, 2022 12:00 pm EDT
The Line: Ole Miss Rebels -14.5 / Auburn Tigers +14.5; Over/Under: +54
(Get latest betting odds)
The Ole Miss Rebels and Auburn Tigers do battle Saturday in a week 7 SEC college football game from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The Auburn Tigers will look to rebound from back-to-back losses, regressing to 3-3 on the year after a 42-10 loss to Georgia last time out. Robby Ashford’s thrown for 874 yards, 4 touchdowns and 3 picks on 48% passing. Tarik Bigsby has a team-high 345 rushing yards with 4 TDs and Ja’Varrius Johnson leads Auburn’s receiving group with 17 grabs for 325 yards this season. On defense, Owen Pappoe has a team-high 41 total tackles including 23 solo tackles while Derick Hall has 4 of Auburn’s 12 sacks as a unit this season.
The Ole Miss Rebels will hope to remain unbeaten, improving to 6-0 on the year after a 52-28 win over Vanderbilt last time out. Jaxson Dart has thrown for 1,358 yards, 8 touchdowns and 5 interceptions on 63.6% passing while Quinshon Judkins has a team-high 581 rushing yards and 8 TDs and Zach Evans has 469 rushing yards with 6 scores. Jonathan Mingo has a team-high 507 receiving yards coming on 22 receptions with 3 TDs and Malik Heath has a team-high 23 catches for 346 yards and 3 grabs this season. On defense, Troy Brown and AJ Finley each have a team-high 45 total tackles while Khari Coleman and Jared Ivey each have a team-high 2.5 sacks this season.
Auburn is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games following an ATS loss. Ole Miss is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 home games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a win by 20+ points while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 conference games.
I get the case to be made for an underdog in a lot of spots, but this is not one of those spots. Auburn kept it close against LSU, but then regressed to the Auburn we know and against Georgia showed their true colors as this is an Auburn team that’s just not very good with even worse QB play at the top of the depth chart. Ole Miss is a team I had doubts about when the season started as I didn’t love Jaxson Dart running the offense, but he’s proven me wrong and the defense has been a lot better for Ole Miss than I thought it would be. I think this is a beatdown dished out by Ole Miss so I’m laying it and playing it with the Rebels here.
