Week 6 College Football Odds - #3 Alabama at #20 Mississippi

It doesn’t get much better for college football fans who love the tradition of Southeastern Conference football this Saturday as two legendary and ranked teams will hook up at Oxford, MS on CBS TV. The #3 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide are undefeated and thinking about a national championship while the #20 Mississippi Rebels have SEC title thoughts still dancing in their heads. This game will kickoff at 3:30pm EST from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Alabama opened as a 5-point road favorite with a total set at 45.5 in week 6 college football odds at sportsbooks.

The Alabama Crimson Tide enters this match-up with a record of 5-0 straight up and 4-1 against the spread. The Tide has gone over the college football odds total 4 out of those 5 games. Last week Alabama won at Kentucky 38-20 as 16-point road chalks and are 2-0 in SEC action this year. The Ole Miss Rebels are 3-1 straight up and 2-1 against the spread. Last week they scored an impressive 23-7 bounce back win at Vanderbilt as 10.5-point favorites. Heading into week 6 college football odds, Ole Miss has gone under the total in 2 out of 3 games. Ole Miss climbed to 4th in the national polls before their 10-16 loss at South Carolina on September 24.

This match-up features the intriguing clash of the Alabama offense that is ranked 8th nationally for scoring against the Ole Miss defense that is ranked 6th in the nation for points allowed. The Rebels are going to need a big game from quarterback Jevan Snead. The junior has not played as well as he did last year as his quarterback rating for 2009 is 128.4 compared to 145.5 in 2008. Snead has 9 touchdown passes but also 5 interceptions. Snead will be going up against an Alabama defense that ranks 2nd in the nation in college football betting odds behind only Florida for total defense. The powerful Tide ground attack is averaging 228 yards per game and is led by sophomore Mark Ingram who has 290 yards.

Bama coach Nick Saban is ready for a tough challenge saying that Ole Miss “is probably the best team we have played to this point.” Ole Miss Coach Houston Nutt admits that Snead must reign in his mistakes. The QB tossed 3 interceptions at Vandy last week. “I think he would be the first to tell you that we can’t have some of those mistakes that he made in the second half,” said Nutt. “We started forcing things and he needs to either drop it off to the back or throw it away.” Ole Miss has gotten the cash in 4 out of their last 5 home games against the Tide.

Whitmore's College Football Picks: For some reason it seems I am taking all the dogs this week and this game is no different. My college football pick for Saturday's is to take Mississippi plus the points to the OVER 45.5 in a 2-team parlay. Vegas odds at Caesars sportsbook have Alabama -5 favorites against Ole Miss with a betting line total of 45.5 in week 6 college football odds.