Auburn opens as home favorite

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Auburn opens as home favorite against Mississippi State

By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com

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Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers scrambles during an SEC game against Auburn on Dec. 12, 2020, at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Auburn opened as a home favorite for its penultimate game at Jordan-Hare Stadium this season.

Coming off a double-digit road setback against Texas A&M, No. 16 Auburn opened as a four-point favorite against Mississippi State, according to VegasInsider.com. The Tigers (6-3, 3-2 SEC) will host the Bulldogs (5-4, 3-3) on Saturday at 11 a.m., with the game airing on ESPN.

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Auburn leads the all-time series with Mississippi State, 62-29-3. Saturday’s matchup will be the 93rd all-time meeting between the two SEC West rivals and the 65th time the game has been played on the Plains. Auburn holds a 43-19-2 record at home against Mississippi State.

That includes each of the last two times the game has been played at Jordan-Hare Stadium, in 2019 and 2017. The Tigers have won each of the last two games against the Bulldogs and four of the last five in the series.

Auburn will look to rebound from its loss to Texas A&M and keep its SEC West hopes afloat against Mississippi State, while Mike Leach’s program will try to bounce back from a loss to Arkansas.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

Edited November 8, 2021 by aubiefifty

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I’ll take Auburn and the points.  Miss State will be pesky but Auburn should pull away late.  I predict this to be similar to the Ole Miss/Arkansas games.