SEC Championship Odds 2023: Lines are shifting ahead of Georgia vs. Alabama

2023 SEC Championship Odds

We already knew Georgia will meet Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.

Rivalry Week wasn’t going to impact that, but, man did it provide some extra theater.

Alabama somehow rallied to beat Auburn, winning 27-24 on a 4th-and-31 touchdown pass from Jalen Milroe to Isaiah Bond in the closing seconds.

Georgia struggled more than expected to put away Georgia Tech.

Now, both officially can turn their attention to each other.

Georgia opened as a 5.5-point favorite on some books.

Georgia is trying to make program history by winning back-to-back SEC titles for the first time — and NCAA history by becoming the first team in 80+ years to win 3 consecutive national championships.

Georgia (12-0) remains the betting favorite at -250. Alabama’s odds improved a bit to +165.

You can see in the latest odds for the SEC Championship:

2022 SEC Champion: Georgia Bulldogs

The 2022 SEC Championship Game took place on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at 4 p.m. Eastern time. Georgia beat the LSU Tigers by a score of 50-30 to win the Southeastern Conference for the 2022 season and make a perfect 13-0 regular season.

The SEC Championship Game

The SEC was the first conference in college football to hold a conference championship game. The first SEC Championship Game was in 1992 where the Alabama Crimson Tide knocked off the Florida Gators by a score of 28-21. The first two games took place at Legion Field. Between 1994 and 2016, the SEC Championship Game took place annually at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. Since the 2017 game, the game has taken place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.

The SEC Championship Game is typically one of the most watched college football games each year. In 2021, the SEC Championship drew 15.3 million viewers for CBS. That was the second most-watched college football game of the season, only behind the Michigan-Ohio State game which drew 15.89 million viewers.

While other conferences have joined the party and have conference championship games, the other games have frequently failed to match the SEC Championship Game in terms of brand power, interest, attendance and television ratings. Simply put, the SEC Championship Game is consistently one of the most watched and most important games in the nation each season.

Preseason SEC Championship Pick

Who is your pick to win the SEC Championship in the 2023 season? Most folks are choosing between Georgia, Alabama and LSU, but should we be considering any other teams? Texas A&M currently has the 4th-best odds, but the Aggies are breaking in a new QB and a new (in theory) system under Bobby Petrino.

Tennessee is somewhat of a dark-horse pick in the SEC East, where Georgia has owned the division of late and is the heavy favorite to repeat again in 2023.

SEC Championship Odds: How to read them

New to betting? Here’s how you can understand and read the odds you see on this page. If a team has odds listed at -150 to win the SEC Championship, this means that you must bet $150 on this team to win $100. Typically for a championship game, few teams have a negative number for their odds. As only one team in the field can win, most teams will have a plus number listed.

If a team has a plus number, say +800, this means that if you bet $100 on this team to win, you would win $800 as a result. Long shot teams might have significant positive numbers, such as +10000 or more. While you could win a significant amount of money should that team win, of course, this outcome is unlikely (as reflected in the odds).

Tracking the SEC Championship Odds Throughout the 2023 season

In this section, we will track the odds throughout the season to see who has been favored along the way. We will use the average odds across the sportsbooks listed above. For sake of brevity, we will only document the teams that have odds of +10000 or better.

October 17, 2023

Georgia is the heavy favorite at -140, followed by Alabama at +225, LSU +800, Tennessee +1600, Ole Miss +3000, Missouri +5000, Florida +6600 and Texas A&M at +8000.

May 31, 2023

Georgia is the heavy favorite at +105, followed by Alabama at +220, LSU +600 and then Texas A&M at +1200.

Of course those odds will change as the season progresses.

Here’s how the 2022 season changed:

November 21, 2022
Georgia’s odds have moved slightly more making the Dawgs an even heavier favorite. Bettors can 5x their money if they have the gumption to take the Tigers in the big game, and LSU follows through with a victory.

  • Georgia -769
  • LSU +518

November 14, 2022
The matchup is set. Georgia is a heavy favorite in the 2022 SEC Championship Game.

  • Georgia -714
  • LSU +505

November 7, 2022

  • Georgia -435
  • LSU +351
  • Alabama +1350
  • Ole Miss +7167

October 31, 2022

  • Georgia +102
  • Alabama +143
  • Tennessee +421
  • LSU +2257
  • Ole Miss +5055

October 26, 2022

  • Georgia -114
  • Alabama +136
  • Tennessee +516
  • LSU +2157
  • Ole Miss +4686

October 19, 2022

  • Georgia -115
  • Alabama +139
  • Tennessee +600
  • Ole Miss +1633
  • LSU +8333

After Week 4 / September 26, 2022

  • Georgia -110
  • Alabama +101
  • Tennessee +2000
  • Texas A&M +2600
  • Ole Miss +3417
  • Kentucky +3633
  • LSU +5800
  • Arkansas +6167

After Week 3 / September 19, 2022

  • Georgia -110
  • Alabama +100
  • Texas A&M +2936
  • Tennessee +3380
  • Arkansas +3859
  • Kentucky +4232
  • Ole Miss +4556
  • LSU +6503
  • Florida +8640
  • Mississippi State +9620

Week 1 / September 5, 2022

  • Alabama: -145
  • Georgia: +141
  • Texas A&M: +1915
  • Tennessee: +4104
  • Florida: +4187
  • Ole Miss: +5287
  • Arkansas: +5744
  • Kentucky: +6182
  • LSU: +7577

Preseason / August 9, 2022

  • Alabama: -149
  • Georgia: +150
  • Texas A&M: +1596
  • Ole Miss: +4366
  • Tennessee: +4544
  • Florida: +4996
  • Kentucky: +5192
  • Arkansas: +5523
  • LSU: +6271

SEC Championship Game Results History

Since 1992, the SEC Championship Game has delivered exciting matchups and winners that have often gone on to potential championship glory in the college football postseason. Here is a snapshot of the history of the SEC Championship Game:

  • 1992: Alabama 28, Florida 21
  • 1993: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • 1994: Florida 24, Alabama 23
  • 1995: Florida 34, Arkansas 3
  • 1996: Florida 45, Alabama 30
  • 1997: Tennessee 30, Auburn 29
  • 1998: Tennessee 24, Miss. State 14
  • 1999: Alabama 34, Florida 7
  • 2000: Florida 28, Auburn 6
  • 2001: LSU 34, Tennessee 20
  • 2002: Georgia 30, Arkansas 3
  • 2003: LSU 34, Georgia 13
  • 2004: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
  • 2005: Georgia 34, LSU 14
  • 2006: Florida 38, Arkansas 28
  • 2007: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
  • 2008: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • 2009: Alabama 32, Florida 13
  • 2010: Auburn 56, South Carolina 17
  • 2011: LSU 42, Georgia 10
  • 2012: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
  • 2013: Auburn 59, Missouri 42
  • 2014: Alabama 42, Missouri 13
  • 2015: Alabama 29, Florida 15
  • 2016: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • 2017: Georgia 28, Auburn 7
  • 2018: Alabama 35, Georgia 28
  • 2019: LSU 37, Georgia 10
  • 2020: Alabama 52, Florida 46
  • 2021: Alabama 41, Georgia 24
  • 2022: Georgia 50, LSU 30
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Where can you bet on the SEC Championship Game?

Online sportsbook is live and legal in two southern states currently: Tennessee and Louisiana. While other states permit betting in sports at in-person venues, these are still the other two southern states with online sports betting where you can use your mobile device to play bets on college football and NFL games through major sportsbooks such as DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, Barstool, BetMGM and others. It’s quite likely that more states open up legal sports betting in the near future, but it will be on a state-by-state basis.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much would I win if I bet 100 on Georgia to win the SEC?

It depends on the live odds, but if you bet Georgia in the preseason at +150 odds, you would win $150 on a $100 bet.

Where is the SEC Championship Game played?

The SEC Championship Game is played in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.

Which team has won the SEC Championship Game the most?

Between 1992 and 2021, Alabama has won the SEC Championship Game ten times, the most of any SEC team.

How often does the SEC Champion win the national championship?

The SEC Champion has won the national championship 16 times between 1992 and 2021.

How many times has Georgia and LSU played eachother?

They have played 32 times including the 2019 SEC Championship Game when LSU beat Georgia by a score of 37-10.

What sportsbooks have the SEC Championship odds?

Most of the major US sportsbooks carry odds for the SEC Championship Game including DraftKings, Caesars and PointsBet.

Kevin Duffey
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
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