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College Football Betting Preview: Georgia Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Wildcats

October 7, 2023



In a battle of undefeated teams, we have the 5-0 Kentucky Wildcats against the 5-0 Georgia Bulldogs in a week 6 matchup in the college football season in the SEC. There are three teams left in the SEC that are undefeated and after Saturday night when Kentucky travels to take on Georgia one of the teams will suffer their first loss of the year. Which team will it be? Let’s take a look at how these teams have fared this season.

The Kentucky Wildcats enter this game ranked 20th in the AP Poll and 20th in the Coaches Poll with a record of 5-0 following a 33-14 win at home against the Florida Gators while covering the 1-point spread as a home favorite in week 5 of the college football season. Kentucky scored 33 points while compiling a total of 398 yards offensively which included 69 passing yards and 329 rushing yards while allowing 14 points and 313 total yards defensively which included 244 passing yards and 69 rushing yards. Devin Leary led the team in passing, completing 9 of 20 attempts for 69 yards and a touchdown. Ray Davis led the team in rushing with 26 carries for 280 yards and three touchdowns while adding a reception for nine yards and a touchdown. Barion Brown led the team in receiving, catching four of eight targets for 37 yards.

Georgia enters this game ranked 1st in the AP Poll and 1st in the Coaches Poll with a record of 5-0 following a 27-20 win on the road against the Auburn Tigers while failing to cover the 14-point spread as a road favorite in week 5 of the college football season. The Bulldogs scored 27 points while compiling a total of 425 yards offensively which included 318 passing yards and 107 rushing yards while allowing 20 points and 307 total yards defensively which included 88 passing yards and 219 rushing yards. Carson Beck led the team in passing, completing 23 of 33 attempts for 318 yards with a touchdown and an interception while adding six rushing yards. Daijun Edwards led the team in rushing with 19 carries for 76 yards and two touchdowns. Brock Bowers led the team in receiving, catching eight of 14 targets for 157 yards and a touchdown.

BookMaker has the Georgia Bulldogs listed as 14.5-point favorites at home against the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday evening in week 6 of the college football season. Georgia has won the ten games in the series while going 6-4 ATS in the last ten games in the series while the Wildcats have covered the spread in the previous four contests in a row. Kentucky is 4-1 ATS overall, 1-0 ATS on the road, and 2-0 ATS in conference games this season while the Georgia Bulldogs are 0-4-1 ATS overall, 0-3-1 ATS at home, 0-4-1 ATS as a favorite, and 0-2 ATS in conference games on the year.

Georgia is the higher-ranked team and has been the better team in the series, winning the previous ten matchups. However, Kentucky has been the better team most recently in the series at covering the spread, going 4-0 ATS in the last four games in a row, and has been the better team at covering the spread this season going 4-1 ATS overall while the Bulldogs are 0-4-1 ATS overall. As a result, I am buying the .5 point and taking the Kentucky Wildcats +15 on BookMaker for this matchup on Saturday evening. 

Spooky Express Pick: Kentucky Wildcats +15