NCAAF - SEC Bets - Week 3

9/11/2023

The SEC notched a few Power-5 quality wins in Week 2 of the college football season, but the conference is still struggling early on in non-conference games. Alabama's 17-year streak of home non-conference wins was ended Saturday night by Texas, who took down the Tide with relative ease. Additionally, Texas A&M traveled to Miami as slight favorites and allowed 48 points in a 15-point loss.

It wasn't all bad for the SEC though, as Ole Miss overcame a 10-point deficit in the 2nd quarter to beat #24 Tulane 37-20 in New Orleans. Mississippi State and Auburn both took down Pac-12 teams in Arizona and Cal, respectively. It's possible that the SEC might be in the midst of a slight down year from their typical standards, but we'll have to wait and see how the remainder of the season shakes out.

We're finally reaching conference play in Week 3, as we'll have three solid matchups in Tennessee-Florida, LSU-Mississippi State, and South Carolina-Georgia. Four of the five BSSR experts will actually be traveling to Gainesville on Saturday to see if the Vols can win the Swamp for the first time since 2003. (We will, of course, still be unbiased in our pick of this game per usual regardless of our fandom.)

The SEC will also get three chances to improve their record against Power 5 opponents this week as Missouri takes on #15 Kansas State, Ole Miss faces Georgia Tech, and Arkansas hosts a rematch with BYU, who they beat soundly last season.

Micah is threatening to run away with this year's SEC Bets Challenge early, as only Alex remains within 10 games of him overall. But the season is still very young and the leaderboard can shake up significantly during any week.