Last Week’s Record: 4-4 (50.0%)
2026 Season Record: 67-25 (72.8%)
A difficult season for the Predictions Dept. continued in Week 10, and Week 11 doesn’t look much easier to navigate. Texas-LSU and Missouri-Georgia are probably the top games of the week, although Tennessee needs to avoid the upset as it travels to face Texas A&M.
SOUTH CAROLINA at ARKANSAS
Arkansas is improving slowly, but a general upward trend is a welcome change from the first 2-3 games of the season. The trek from Columbia, S.C., to Fayetteville, Ark., is one of the longest for any intraconference matchup, and South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers is well short of 100 percent. This game has the potential to be a lot closer than South Carolina wants, especially after perusing the Gamecocks’ injury report, which seems to include every one of it’s offense’s all-stars. We think this one is close throughout with South Carolina getting a late score to take the pressure off.
South Carolina 30
Arkansas 21
ALABAMA at VANDERBILT
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AUBURN at MISSISSIPPI STATE
Without QB Kamario Taylor, Mississippi State simply doesn’t have the horses to win this race. Auburn isn’t an offensive juggernaut, but the Tigers are fairly healthy top-to-bottom and Mississippi State just doesn’t have an answer at quarterback with Taylor unavailable. A win here gets Auburn to bowl eligibility, which would be a nice reward for Alex Golesh’s first year at the helm and might get some of the boo birds to stifle themselves a bit.
Auburn 23
Mississippi St. 17
FLORIDA at KENTUCKY
Florida’s biggest problem is punching through the end zone against quality defenses. Three times this year, the Gators have been held to fewer than 10 points. Kentucky is coming into this game with something to prove, because the Wildcats wilted down the stretch against Tennessee. The Tennessee loss aside, we like what Kentucky is doing on offense more than what Florida is doing. With the Wildcats getting the home-field advantage, we take the Wildcats.
Kentucky 29
Florida 14
MISSOURI at GEORGIA
Missouri had a chance to make a statement against Texas last week, and failed miserably. We think there’s a good chance the Tigers rebound to give Georgia a good game, but the Bulldogs seem to have used the Auburn loss as a needed wake-up call and are now trying to put together a strong finish to the season. Games with South Carolina and Georgia Tech remain, but Missouri has the best chance to those three to pull the upset. It would take some kind of failure from the Bulldogs, though, not just inspired play from Mizzou.
Georgia 37
Missouri 17
TEXAS at LOUISIANA STATE
The hardest game to pick on this week’s list by far, which LSU team shows up? The one that dismantled Clemson and Texas A&M, or the one that lost the other three tougher games on the schedule (Ole Miss, Alabama, Kentucky)? Neither of these teams have been able to whip up much consistency in 2026, with Texas fans miffed at being behind Alabama in the College Football Playoff rankings but neglecting to account for losses to mediocre Florida and Oklahoma teams. The biggest question on the field this week is whether Texas can match LSU’s scoring output. The Texas offense has been hit hard with injuries. Plus, Lane Kiffin has to get all the stars to align properly at least once … right?
Texas 24
LSU 20
MISSISSIPPI at OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma changed offensive coordinators last week and found a spark. Meanwhile, Ole Miss’ defense has appeared poorly-coached for much of the season, and Norman isn’t an easy place to play. Both of these teams look like the walking wounded but Ole Miss has lost more at this point. We’re going to assume Oklahoma’s new offensive staff put enough on tape last week to tip their hand to the Rebel defensive coaches, but we don’t feel comfortable with this pick.
Ole Miss 27
Oklahoma 24
TENNESSEE at TEXAS A&M
This is the glamour pick for an upset right now, with a lot of observers thinking Tennessee is ripe for getting picked off. We don’t see it. Outside of the game being played at Kyle Field, everything seems to lean toward Tennessee and a Vol victory. Defeating Kentucky convincingly last week means something, and Texas A&M is suddenly skating toward spending bowl season at home. This is not the Aggie team we think has a chance to knock off the technically-sound Volunteers.
Tennessee 27
Texas A&M 13
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