NCAAF - SEC Bets - Week 5

9/24/2024

We've made it through the first four weeks of the college football season and we're starting to get a better feel for the pecking order of teams in the SEC. Of the four conference matchups in Week 4, surprisingly, Vanderbilt at Missouri was the closest contest. The Commodores had the Tigers on the ropes at several points in the game, but Missouri was able to survive after a badly missed short field goal by Vanderbilt in the second overtime.

The biggest game of the week was #7 Tennessee at #15 Oklahoma, and, though the final score didn't show it, the Vols dominated in an ugly, defensive battle. Tennessee handled its first big test and now appear to have great odds to make it to the College Football Playoff. But there are a lot of weeks between now and then.

Florida thrashed Mississippi State and Arkansas put on a good display at Auburn to secure a win in that one. There were no real storylines coming from the other teams' non-conference matchups, as all SEC teams won with relative ease.

Here are our BSSR SEC Power Rankings after Week 4:

Here's the BSSR expert leaderboard:

And here's the Guest Picker Leaderboard:

Connor put together an impressive performance last week, and he outperformed Grok in both the money line and against the spread. But Grok still holds a slight lead overall on the rest of the field.

This week's guest picker is Andrew Wilson. A multi-talented figure, he was WR1 on the #1 ranked intramural co-ed flag football team at the University of Tennessee in the 2014 fall season. After that, he helped build a youth basketball dynasty that thrived for half a decade in the Powell Junior Pro organization. He's now the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Exit 112, a three-man band that masterfully blends classic rock and blues with modern pop and folk.

You can check out Exit 112's music catalog here:
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We only have six SEC games this week, but perhaps the biggest matchup of the year falls in it. #2 Georgia travels to #4 Alabama to face off in primetime. The Bulldogs are a slight road favorite, and everyone is excited to see how good both of these teams really hard. #21 Oklahoma at Auburn and Arkansas at #24 Texas A&M will likely be close contests, but the other three games could get ugly.

As always, you can tail the following consensus picks and keep rolling that cash over from week to week as you tune in to the BSSR SEC Betting Challenge.

Kentucky at #6 Ole Miss (MISS -17.5, O/U 53.0)