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The Egg Bowl is here to get Rivalry Week started in the SEC with a bang. There are rivalry games, and then there’s the Egg Bowl.
Ole Miss enters Thursday’s game ranked No. 12 with a 9-2 record. The Rebels have the chance to get to 10 wins for the second time in Lane Kiffin’s tenure.
Mississippi State is 5-6 having already dismissed first-year head coach Zach Arnett. Greg Knox is 3-1 all-time as an interim head coach for Mississippi State and Florida. An Egg Bowl upset to guarantee a postseason bid would be Knox’s biggest win yet as a head coach.
ESPN’s SP+, designed by Bill Connelly, is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency that is intended to be predictive and forward-facing. Earlier in the week, Connelly shared the SP+ score projections for every game.
SP+ has Ole Miss winning the Egg Bowl 34-21 with a 78% win probability. According to ESPN Bet, the opening line of Ole Miss -13.5 has tightened to Ole Miss -10. The over/under is currently set at 54.5.
Kickoff from Starkville is set for 7:30 p.m. ET with the game airing on ESPN.
RIVALRY WEEK SP+ PICKS, FOR REAL
Michigan 26, Ohio St 20
Oregon 36, Ore St 25
Bama 32, Auburn 18
EGG 34, BOWL 21 DAMMIT
Mizzou 32, Arkansas 24
Texas 36, Tech 18
LSU 32, A&M 29
UNC 29, NC St 26
UGA 43, GT 14
Iowa 18, Nebraska 11 (MORE LIKE 8-1, RIGHT?)https://t.co/fjsWyQPXfP pic.twitter.com/agSg6ZBP1P— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) November 20, 2023
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