Scott Van Pelt makes pick against the spread in Florida-Missouri game
Scott Van Pelt has made his picks against the spread for Week 12 of the college football season.
Florida heads to Columbia this Saturday to take on the No. 9 Missouri Tigers as an 11.5 point underdog, and SVP is taking the Gators to cover that spread.
Here’s what SVP had to say about the game and why he’s going with the Gators to cover:
Florida was in Bad Beats on Monday, as they lost by too many at LSU. Mizzou, I mentioned earlier, is rolling, and coach Drink’s team runs great stuff. I love their scheme. That said … double-digits to the Gators? I will take that candy. Gimme.
SVP is 6-3 all time when picking Florida against the spread in his “Winners” segment, per ESPN. The Gators are 4-5 against the spread in the 2023 season.
Florida is 5-5 on the season and 3-4 in SEC play, but the team has lost 3-straight games and 4 of their last 6 overall. The Gators still are 1 win away from obtaining bowl eligibility with their final 2 games coming against top 1o opponents in No. 9 Missouri, and No. 4 Florida State.
Missouri is 8-2 on the season and 4-2 in SEC play. The Tigers are coming off a big win 36-7 last Saturday against Tennessee.
The all time series between the 2 teams is tied 6-6 with Florida having won the most recent encounter 24-17 in 2022.
Florida travels to Missouri to take on the Tigers at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.