College Football Predictions: Auburn vs Mississippi State Odds

ESPN will have a phenomenal SEC match-up for Thursday night football of two teams coming off big opening day wins as the Mississippi State Bulldogs host the Auburn Tigers. Kick-off is set for 7:50pm EST and online sportsbooks have opened with Auburn as a 2-point favorite in college football predictions. Auburn won their opening game over Arkansas State last week 52-26 but failed to cover as 31.5-point home favorites in college football odds. QB Cam Newton was sensational with 186 yards passing and 3 TD’s along with 171 yards rushing and 2 TD’s. It was the best rushing total in history for an Auburn QB.

Defense remains a concern after allowing 366 yards to a Sun Belt team. Mississippi State clobbered Memphis 49-7 for an easy payout as 21.5-point college football betting favorites to show that last year’s improvement under new coach Dan Mullen should continue in 2010. Auburn has failed to cover its last 2 games as a favorite of 4 points or less with 7 of their last 8 games in that role having gone UNDER the total. They have covered just 5 out of their last 16 games in SEC action.

Mississippi State has covered 5 out of their last 7 SEC games with just 2 of those match-ups going UNDER the total. The Bulldogs have lost just 6 out of their last 20 games against the spread as an underdog of 4 points or less with just one loss in their last 8 in that role. Last year Auburn clobbered the Bulldogs 49-24 as 15-point home favorites in college football odds to snap a two game losing streak against the spread vs Mississippi State. Auburn has covered 3 of their last 4 visits to Mississippi State and the series has gone UNDER the total in 4 out of the last 5 meetings.