We’re less than 24 hours away from most of the Southeastern Conference games this weekend. There are some very interesting betting lines this week in the SEC.
As we do every week, let’s take a look at the line movement for all seven games.
The slate
Alabama at Mississippi State
Opening Line: Alabama -3
Current Line: Alabama -5.5
Vanderbilt at Georgia
Opening Line: Georgia -23.5
Current Line: Georgia -24.5
Auburn at Tennessee
Opening Line: Tennessee -7.5
Current Line: Tennessee -6.5
Florida at Missouri
Opening Line: Florida -2.5
Current Line: Florida -5.5
Kentucky at South Carolina
Opening Line: South Carolina -7
Current Line: South Carolina -2.5
McNeese at LSU
Opening Line: LSU -53.5
Current Line: LSU -53.5
Arkansas at Texas A&M
Opening Line: Texas A&M -14.5
Current Line: Texas A&M -13.5
The Takeaways
Not a ton of movement in most of the games this week. What does stand out is the road favorites getting a big boost in betting line movement since the lines opened on Sunday. Alabama opened as a field goal favorite against Mississippi State and that line moved up to -5.5 almost immediately. It got as high as six at one point as well, but has settled right around -5.5. The other is Florida which was almost bet up almost immediately by nearly the exact same amount. That line has also settled in at -5.5 for the road favorite.
What is incredibly interesting with those two games where the home underdog has taken a lot of bets, is that one sportsbook, Hard Rock, not only has a different line, but has the other team favored with Mississippi State and Missouri both currently listed as -1.5 point favorites (according to Vegasinsider.com).
