Georgia is back at No. 1 for the second time this season, but this time they are hoping to find more success. The last time they were the No.1 team in the country they lost at home to Auburn, but this week they get a chance at redemption against Missouri.
Missouri is ranked and a much better team than Auburn, but Vegas doesn’t think that will matter. In fact, throughout the week they’ve been adjusting their odds for this matchup to favor Georgia by even more as they are now predicted to win by 16.5 points, according to the DraftKings Sportsbook.
Initial Vegas odds were a mistake
At the start of the week Georgia was only favored by 13.5 points. That is still a large number, especially since Missouri is a ranked team, but recent results show that it probably should’ve been higher from the jump.
After losing to Auburn the Bulldogs went out and beat two ranked teams in a row rather easily. That began with a neutral site matchup against Florida which they won 27-8 before heading to Ole Miss and winning 42-7 on the road. That Ole Miss result is important to pay attention to for this weekend’s spread not only because it was Georgia’s most recent game, but because Missouri got blown out by this same Ole Miss team 31-3 earlier this season…