Editor’s Note: We will track various gambling statistics related to SEC teams throughout the season and update them every week.

South Carolina (3-2, 2-2) may still be in the Top 25 if it weren’t for Steve Spurrier’s insistence that his team stinks. The Gamecocks have two home losses, but both to ranked SEC teams, the latter by one point. Yet SC fell from No. 13 to unranked with Saturday’s loss.

That dovetails with how the Gamecocks have performed in Vegas: terribly.

South Carolina is 1-4 against the final Vegas spread and is a combined -45 against the number.

If you’ve wagered $100 on every South Carolina game this season, you’ve lost $309.09. So you’ve lost more than $300 despite risking just $500.

SEC teams fell to 20-13-2 ATS vs. non-conference opponents this week with Auburn getting a rare loss in Vegas and Ole Miss scrambling to get a fourth-quarter push on the minus-21 number against Memphis.

The first chart below is a running tally of how each SEC team has performed against the spread this season.

In other words, if Ole Miss is favored by 10 points, but wins by 20, the Rebels are +10 for that week. It gives us an idea of how teams are performing relative to expectations.

Arkansas (+72.5) has outperformed the rest of the SEC relative to the spread, leapfrogging Texas A&M (+70.5) by beating the 8.5-point number and moving to 4-1 in Vegas in 2014.

Entering Thursday night’s game at Kansas State, Auburn had covered the spread in 13 consecutive games, but the Tigers failed to cover the closing number of 7.5, winning 20-14. Coach Gus Malzahn fell to 22-7 ATS at Auburn.

Ole Miss is the only SEC teams unbeaten against the spread as Kentucky couldn’t cover the 17-point number against Vanderbilt despite not allowing the Commodores to score a point on offense.

Team ATS Combined +/- ATS Record
1. Arkansas +72.5 4-1
2. Texas A&M +70.5 3-2
3. Ole Miss +47 3-0-1
4. Tennessee +39 2-2
5. Kentucky +30 3-1
6. LSU +25 2-2-1
7. Missouri +23 3-2
8. Mississippi State +14 3-1
9. Georgia +13 2-2
10. Auburn +12 2-2
11. Florida +4.5 1-2
12. Alabama -12.5* 1-2*
13. South Carolina -45 1-4
14. Vanderbilt -56 2-3

*The game against Florida Atlantic ended as a no contest because it was suspended and finalized before 55 minutes had been played. Alabama was leading 41-0 at the time. The Las Vegas Hilton line for the game closed at Bama -41.5.

The chart below tracks the average line for each SEC team throughout the season as an indicator of perceived strength. Alabama’s average Vegas line through four games is minus-31.3, highest in the conference.

LSU leapfrogged several teams thanks to being favored by 43 points against New Mexico State. The Tigers also were big favorites against Sam Houston State and Louisiana-Monroe.

Eight of the 14 SEC teams are a double-digit favorite on average through Week 5.

The state of Tennessee holds the only two SEC teams who are an underdog on average in Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The Commodores have been favored in both non-conference games, but are nearly a touchdown underdog on average.

 

Team Average Line Biggest Line
1. Alabama -31.3 -46.5 vs. Southern Miss
2. LSU -23.4 -43 vs. New Mexico State
3. Auburn -23 -34 vs. San Jose State
4. Texas A&M -22.1 -47 vs. Lamar
5. Florida -20.6# -41.5 vs. Eastern Michigan
6. Georgia -19.3 -42 vs. Troy
7. Ole Miss -18 -26 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
8. Mississippi State -16.6 -30.5 vs. Southern Miss
T9. Missouri -9.4 -26 vs. South Dakota State
T9. South Carolina -9.4 -21.5 at Vanderbilt
11. Kentucky -9 -23.5 vs. Tennessee-Martin
12. Arkansas -5.7 -40.5 vs. Nicholls State
13. Tennessee +5 -16.5 vs. Arkansas State
14. Vanderbilt +6.6 -15.5 vs. Massachussetts

#Florida entered the game against Idaho as a 37-point favorite, but after a long delay and the opening kickoff, lightning cancelled the contest. The line was final so it is still included in our average.

The following chart tracks the average over/under for every SEC team as well as whether each team’s games go over or under the posted Vegas total.

Arkansas went under the posted total for the first time all season. Despite going into overtime against Texas A&M, the two teams combined for 63 points, well under the total of 73.5.

Georgia, Alabama and Florida have gone over the posted total in every game. With Tennessee’s subtly-good defense, the Vols went under the total in their first three games, but the game against the Bulldogs went over the posted total of 58.5.

The Commodores have faced the lowest average over/under at 48.9 points. There’s nearly a 20-point difference in the totals for A&M games and Vandy games.

Team Average Over/Under Biggest Over/Under Over/Under (Results)
1. Texas A&M 68.4 76.5 vs. Lamar 2/3
2. Arkansas 65.2 73.5 vs. Texas A&M 4/1
3. Auburn 61.9 67.0 vs. San Jose State 3/1
4. Missouri 61.0 71.5 vs. Indiana 2/3
5. South Carolina 59.9 65.0 vs. East Carolina 3/2
6. Georgia 59.4 64.0 vs. Troy 4/0
7. Tennessee 56.8 59.5 vs. Arkansas State 1/3
8. Ole Miss 55.1 59.0 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 2/2
9. LSU 54.1 66.0 vs. Sam Houston State 3/2
10. Mississippi State 53.6 58.0 vs. UAB 2/2
11. Alabama 53.5 56.5 vs. Southern Miss 3/0
12. Florida 53.3# 56.5 vs. Eastern Michigan 3/0
13. Kentucky 51.5 54.5 at Florida 2/2
14. Vanderbilt 48.9 50.5 vs. South Carolina 2/3

#Florida entered the game against Idaho as a 37-point favorite, but after a long delay and the opening kickoff, lightning cancelled the contest. The line was final so it is still included in our average.