The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 SEC) welcome the Auburn Tigers (2-3, 0-2) to Sanford Stadium Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC). Below, we look at Auburn vs. Georgia odds from BetMGM Sportsbook’s college football odds before making our expert college football picks and predictions'later in the week.
Georgia fell to No. 5 from the top spot in the after Saturday’s 41-34 loss at the then-No. 4, now-No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide in one of the most electric games of the season. The Bulldogs, who were 2-point favorites, rallied from a 33-15 deficit to start the 4th quarter and grabbed a 34-33 lead with 2:31 left when QB Carson Beck hit WR Dillon Bell for a 67-yard TD pass (2-point conversion failed).
But ‘Bama responded with a 75-yard TD from QB Jalen Milroe to WR Ryan Williams — 29 yards in the air, 46 after the catch — on the 1st play after the kickoff to regain the lead. The Bulldogs drove to the Tide’s 20-yard line, but Beck was intercepted in the end zone with 43 seconds to go as the Bulldogs’ streaks of 42 regular-season wins and 28 SEC regular-season wins came to an end. Beck, who fell to 16-2 as a stater, finished with 439 passing yards (27 of 50) with 3 TDs and 3 picks. Bell had 2 TDs (1 receiving, 1 rushing) had 5 receptions for 100 yards.
Auburn has had a relatively disappointing season. The Tigers have yet to have their bye week and are in desperate need of it, having lost 2 in a row and 3 of 4. Auburn dropped a 27-21 decision at home as a 2-point favorite to the then-No. 18, now-No. 17 Oklahoma Sooners Saturday. Auburn led 21-10 with 14:12 to go after QB Payton Thorne’s 3rd TD pass of the afternoon, but an Oklahoma 4-play, 67-yard scoring drive cut the deficit to 21-16 with 8:32 left and a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown gave the Sooners the lead for good at the 4:06 mark. Thorne (21 of 32) finished with 338 passing yards with his 3 TDs and the 1 costly pick.