No. 12 Ole Miss will host Auburn on Halloween afternoon at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, with both SEC teams looking to bounce back from losses to ranked opponents. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. ET.
Ole Miss enters at 5-2 overall and 3-2 in conference play after a 34-27 defeat at Texas. Auburn sits at 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the SEC following a 38-17 loss to LSU, which came a week after the Tigers upset then-No. 1 Georgia.
The Rebels will be without star running back Kewan Lacy, who dislocated his shoulder against Texas. That places added pressure on quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who has thrown for 1,926 yards and 16 touchdowns this season. Auburn counters with dual-threat quarterback Byrum Brown, who has accounted for 1,842 total yards.
Ole Miss has won the last two meetings in the series, snapping a six-game winning streak by Auburn. The Rebels are listed as 11.5-point favorites, with the over/under set at 57.5 points. On the money line, Ole Miss is -455 and Auburn is +350.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates every FBS game 10,000 times, projects the game to finish under the 57.5-point total, with the under hitting in 52% of simulations. The model also indicates one side of the spread covers in well over 50% of simulations. The model enters Week 9 on a 68-59 run on top-rated college football picks.
