Georgia vs. LSU picks, predictions: SEC Championship Game odds, spread, lines
The regular season is over and now it's time to kick off the SEC Championship Game with Georgia and LSU squaring off for the conference title and College Football Playoff selection coming the day after that.
Georgia looks like a lock, even with a loss in this game, owing to having such a strong case as the current No. 1 team that any result that comes out of Atlanta wouldn't be enough to knock it out of the final four.
LSU appeared to be a contender for the fourth spot in the CFP rankings before a surprise third loss on the road to unranked Texas A&M in the regular season finale, but this is still the SEC West champ in Brian Kelly's first season with a chance to give college football's defending national champion a black eye before venturing on to its title defense.
What do the experts think of this matchup? Let's take a look at how the College Football Power Index computer prediction model projects the game.
Georgia vs. LSU picks, predictions
Georgia vs. LSU picks, predictions in SEC Championship Game
Georgia prediction: The computers favor the Bulldogs by a comfortable 83.0 percent margin to win the game and become SEC champions.
LSU prediction: That leaves the Tigers with a narrow 17.0 percent shot to pull off the upset and win their first league title since 2019.
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Point spread: Georgia comes into the game as 17.5 point favorites against LSU, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook.
Total: 52 points
Moneyline: LSU +600 | Georgia -1000
Spread consensus pick: Georgia -17.5
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Score prediction: Team Rankings projects that Georgia will defeat LSU by a score of 33.8 to 16.7 on Saturday.
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College Football Power Index
Football Power Index (FPI) college football rankings and computer prediction model are a measure of team strength that predicts a team’s future performance.
Rankings and scores predictions are based on 20,000 simulations of a team’s season, using a combination of analytics, including scores to date, quality of opponents, and a team’s schedule.
College Football Playoff Top 25 Rankings
According to CFP Selection Committee
- Georgia
- Michigan
- TCU
- USC
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Penn State
- Clemson
- Kansas State
- Utah
- Washington
- Florida State
- LSU
- Oregon State
- Oregon
- UCLA
- Tulane
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Notre Dame
- UCF
- North Carolina
- Mississippi State
- NC State
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