Showdowns in the SEC: Predictions for Mississippi at Georgia and Tennessee at Alabama

  Savvy Index   2025    
  predictions week  8 10/12/25  
      10/12/25    
top 25   last week:   39 – 17     season: 369 – 99 wins losses game values notes
9 Oregon 5 1 42 Oregon’s win at Penn St. doesn’t look
  Rutgers 3 3 17 so good after PSU lost three straight & fired its coach.
           
FCS Lafayette 5 2 14 Oregon State should “bump up”
  Oregon St. 0 7 40 with the coaching change.  rev 10/17
           
  Washington 5 1 31 Washington has strong trends and
  Michigan 4 2 24 is favored in this Savvy upset prediction.
           
  Washington St. 3 3 23 Virginia is one step out
  Virginia 5 1 36 of the Savvy Index top 25.
           
  Wyoming 3 3 33 Savvy disagrees with the experts
  Air Force 1 5 24 who favor Air Force by about a td.
           
18 Tennessee 5 1 27 Tennessee has been over-rated on the
7 Alabama 5 1 31 coach’s poll all season.
           
  Coastal Car 3 3 24 Neither team has performed well
  App State 4 2 27 but App St. is the better of the two.
           
10 Texas Tech 6 0 30 TTU will win by more than 2 tds if
  Arizona St. 4 2 24 Leavitt can’t play.
           
6 Texas A&M 6 0 41 TAM has beaten Notre Dame, Auburn,
  Arkansas 2 4 19 Miss State, and Florida all in succession.
           
25 Missouri 5 1 24  
  Auburn 3 3 27  
           
  Akron 2 5 21  
  Ball St. 2 4 24  
           
  UNLV 6 0 28 Showdown in the
  Boise St. 4 2 36 Mountain West Conference.
           
  Connecticut 4 2 32 Vegas favors BC but I’m with
  Boston Col 1 5 27 Savvy which sees UConn as the winner.
           
  C Michigan 3 3 21 Bowling Green has three rbs with
  Bowling Green 3 3 30 40 or more carries already this season.
           
17 Utah 5 1 28 Utah has terrific performance
14 BYU 6 0 24 metrics on Savvy. Not so BYU.
           
  N Carolina 2 3 21 Belichick has yet to beat a team
  California 4 2 30 with a winning record.
           
  Temple 3 3 35 Temple is struggling right now
  Charlotte 1 5 19 but still has enough to beat Charlotte.
           
  SMU 4 2 24  
  Clemson 3 3 28  
           
  Hawai’i 5 2 28 Bettors favor CSU but I would take
  Colorado St. 2 4 26 Hawai’i and make $$$ if I was a gambler.
           
24 Georgia Tech 6 0 30 This game is too hard to call with
  Duke 4 2 28 any confidence. Bookies favor Duke.
           
  Tulsa 2 4 17 watch East Carolina win five of its
  E Carolina 3 3 31 last six games including this one.
           
  Mississippi St. 4 2 27 Another Savvy Index disagreement with
  Florida 2 4 24 experts who favor Florida.
           
3 Mississippi 6 0 31 Experts favor Georgia but Ol’ Miss finally
4 Georgia 5 1 25 gets its win over the ‘dogs.
           
  Georgia St. 1 5 28  
  Georgia So. 2 4 33  
           
  Arizona 4 2 22 As good as UA has been, the ‘Cats
  Houston 5 1 30 won’t stick with Houston.
           
  Michigan St. 3 3 10 I’m not a Cignetti fan but his
2 Indiana 6 0 45 work at Indiana has been awesome.
           
  Penn St. 3 3 17 How much renewed spirit will PSU
20 Iowa 4 2 30 have after Franklin’s departure?
           
  Delaware 3 2 30 Bookmakers have both the spread (2.5) and
  Jacksonville St. 3 3 20 total points (57.5) too low.
           
  Old Dominion 4 2 14 Very high upset alert here.
  James Madison 5 1 24  
           
11 Texas 4 2 39 Both teams have highly favorabe
  Kentucky 2 3 10 performance trends on Savvy Index.
           
  New Mexico St. 3 2 21 Savvy Index says NMSU has a
  Liberty 2 4 26 very high chance of upset.
           
  S Miss 4 2 33  
  Louisiana 2 4 27  
           
  Troy 4 2 34  
  LA Monroe 3 3 14  
           
  Texas St. 3 3 31 Experts say Texas St. will winby three.
  Marshall 3 3 34 Savvy says Marshall will win by three.
           
  Buffalo 3 3 31  
  Massachusetts 0 6 17  
           
19 Louisville 4 1 32 Louisville will start well
5 Miami Fl 5 0 35 but not be able to finish.
           
  E Michigan 2 5 15 Miami has three straight
  Miami Oh 3 3 35 wins and will get to a bowl game.
           
  Nebraska 5 1 27 Nebraska has Dylan Raiola;
  Minnesota 4 2 24 Minnesota doesn’t.
           
  Nevada 1 5 21 Nevada is dead last in FBS for
  New Mexico 3 3 31 turnovers… three per game.
           
  Purdue 2 4 12 UNW beat Penn State last week but is only
  Northwestern 4 2 38 favored by experts by 3? Yeah, I’ll take the over.
           
  UTSA 3 3 32  
  N Texas 5 1 34  
           
21 USC 5 1 28 Showdown of legendary
8 Notre Dame 4 2 37 programs.
           
  N Illinois 1 5 10  
  Ohio 3 3 31  
           
  Cincinnati 5 1 42 Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby
  Oklahoma St. 1 5 14 us having a fabulous season.
           
  UTEP 1 5 27 I think Savvy and Vegas are too low and
  Sam Houston 0 6 23 the final margin will be 8 or more.
           
  Arkansas St. 2 4 30 Savvy disagrees with the experts
  S Alabama 1 5 27 who favor SoAla by 7.
           
  Oklahoma 5 1 22 Oklahoma is favored by the experts
  S Carolina 3 3 25 but Savvy sees SoCar with an upset.
           
  Florida St. 3 3 39 Stanford can’t run and has a tough
  Stanford 2 4 20 time even passing. Advantage FSU.
           
  Pittsburgh 4 2 36  
  Syracuse 3 3 22  
           
  Baylor 4 2 34 Vegas favors TCU but Savvy Index
  TCU 4 2 28 is solid for Baylor.
           
  Kent St. 2 4 24 Toledo’s tough rush defense
  Toledo 3 3 31 will be too much for sporadic Kent State.
           
  Army 3 3 17 Tulane has wins over Duke,
22 Tulane 5 1 34 Northwestern, and E Carolina.
           
  Memphis 6 0 49 I like Trent Dilfer but Savvy never rated
  UAB 2 4 17 him with favor at UAB.
           
  W Virginia 2 4 21 Oddsmakers are too low on both
  UCF 3 3 30 spread (7) and points (48.5).
           
  Maryland 4 2 23 UCLA is suddenly one
  UCLA 2 4 28 of the hottest teams in America.
           
  Florida Atl. 3 3 17  
23 USF 5 1 47  
           
  San Jose St. 2 4 27 Last year, USU started 1-5. What a great
  Utah St. 3 3 35 job Mendenhall has done with the Aggies.
           
15 LSU 5 1 31 Betting lines say Vandy by 2.5
  Vanderbilt 5 1 25 but Savvy says LSU is still a step above.
           
1 Ohio St. 6 0 39 Wisconsin plays #1 Ohio State this week,
  Wisconsin 2 4 4 #10 Oregon next week, #2 Indiana in two weeks.
           
  Florida Intl. 2 3 21 WKU qb Maverick Mciver is playing well
  W Kentucky 5 1 35 but team defense makes the ‘toppers vulnerable.
  Savvy Index vs the betting lines      
Predicting winners:    1% better than betting lines
Point spreads:    20 games better than betting lines
Total game points:    7 game better than betting lines
best three predcitions  
Ohio State 33-17    final 34-16
James Madison 24-17    final 24-14
Tulane predicted 27-21    final 26-19
 

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