S&P+ projects outcomes of every SEC game in Week 12
With more than half the SEC slate playing non-conference games Saturday — three against FCS teams — the league’s Week 12 slate isn’t as exciting as usual.
But that didn’t stop S&P+ from projecting how all 11 games involving SEC teams will turn out. S&P+ is an analytics system devised by SB Nation’s Bill Connelly, who on Thursday posted the numbers’ weekly picks against the spread.
The opponent-adjusted analytics measure a team’s efficiency and explosiveness, and Connelly’s system has a good track record against Vegas. When it comes to games featuring SEC teams, S&P+ leans more toward the underdogs this week, though it’s worth noting games involving FCS squads were not assigned spreads.
Here’s how S&P+ sees this week’s slate of SEC games playing out.
- No. 1 Alabama 55, The Citadel 0
- No. 5 Georgia 53, UMass (+41.5) 12
- No. 7 LSU 45, (+42) Rice 6
- No. 13 Florida 25, Idaho 3
- No. 17 Kentucky 27, Middle Tennessee (+16) 19
- No. 21 Mississippi State 34, Arkansas (+21) 18
- Auburn (-28) 46, Liberty 16
- Missouri (-5.5) 35, Tennessee 27
- Ole Miss (+3) 35, Vanderbilt 33
- South Carolina 28, Chattanooga 4
- Texas A&M 28, UAB (+17) 23