Auburn Tigers CFB Week 9 Betting Lines
When the Auburn Tigers hired Hugh Freeze as head coach there were immediate expectations for winning. And when Nick Saban retired at Alabama as the GOAT of college football coaching, hopes were high of War Eagle winning SEC championships in short order. Instead, Freeze is struggling to gain traction. His tenure has been mired in disappointment. Lately, Auburn has come close but with no cigar. Last week at Mizzou, War Eagle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. This week brings a tough road assignment for Auburn against the Kentucky Wildcats.
College Football Week 9 Betting Lines
Auburn Tigers +2.5
Kentucky Wildcats -2.5
Total 43.5
Auburn Tigers Weekly Matchup
In Week 9 college football action, on Saturday, October 26, 2024, the Kentucky Wildcats will host the Auburn Tigers at Kroger Field in Lexington, KY. Kickoff time is set for 7:45 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on SECN.
Betting on college football using crypto action should be split evenly for this game of middling SEC programs.
Last game, the Kentucky Wildcats lost 48-20 against the Florida Gators as 2.5-point road favorites. The game went over the total of 42. Kentucky has a record of 3-4 straight up, 4-3 against the spread, and 2-5 over/under the total. Kentucky ranks 115th for total offense, 121st for passing, 78th for rushing and 115th for scoring. Defensively they rank 12th overall, 22nd against the pass, 22nd against the rush, and 27th for points allowed. Also, Kentucky ranks 64th for fewest turnovers lost and 65th for takeaways.
Auburn Tigers Weekly Recap
Last game, the Auburn Tigers lost 21-17 against the Missouri Tigers as 3.5-point road dogs. The game went under the total of 49. Auburn has a record of 2-5 straight up, 3-4 against the spread, and 3-4 over/under the total. Auburn ranks 49th for total offense, 32nd for passing, 72nd for rushing and 71st for scoring. Defensively they rank 46th overall, 76th against the pass, 41st against the rush, and 39th for points allowed. Also, Auburn ranks 131st for fewest turnovers lost and 94th for takeaways.
For all the talk from Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze this week about how things needed to change, the same old predictable scenarios played out in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday. Auburn lost to the Missouri Tigers 21-17 after leading 17-3 in the second half.
It was just Auburn's second loss in 152 games when leading by 14 in the second half. Previously, they were 150-1 under such scenarios.
Detractors of the football team have long tried to poke fun at Auburn for its Tiger mascot and "War Eagle" battle cry. "Are you the Tigers or the War Eagles?!?" They'd sputter over their Milwaukee's Best. Well, right now, the Auburn Groundhogs seem to fit.
Auburn is 0-3 this year in games. According to ESPN', they had at least an 85% chance of winning in the second half. Auburn peaked at 94.3% against Missouri and was still at 88% with 1:44 to go in the fourth quarter.
Auburn fans, did you feel like there was an 88% chance of winning in the fourth quarter? Throw in turnovers, dropped passes, failed blocking assignments, a pivotal missed field goal, and the predictable sideline verbal volleys directed toward the increasingly fragile-looking Payton Thorne during the 21-17 defeat against Missouri, and you have another very average Tigers' 2024 game day.
Where it all leaves, the Auburn program is undoubtedly in crisis at the 2-5 mark. Well, at least embattled head coach Hugh Freeze is well-versed in rolling out some of his excuses. It's copy-and-paste time again, folks.
If only Thorne's perfectly placed 3rd quarter pass to senior wide receiver Robert Lewis hadn't sailed through his clutching mitts and made it a 24-6 Auburn lead, well, you get the ever-so-gloomy picture.
2024 Auburn Tigers Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 31 |
vs. Alabama A&M |
W 73-3 |
1-0 |
| Sep 7 |
vs. California |
L 14-21 |
1-1 |
| Sep 14 |
vs. New Mexico |
W 45-19 |
2-1 |
| Sep 21 |
vs. Arkansas |
L 14-24 |
2-2 |
| Sep 28 |
vs. Oklahoma |
L 21-27 |
2-3 |
| Oct 5 |
at Georgia |
L 13-31 |
2-4 |
| Oct 12 |
OFF |
| Oct 19 |
at Missouri |
L 17-21 |
2-5 |
| Oct 26 |
at Kentucky |
- |
- |
| Nov 2 |
vs. Vanderbilt |
- |
- |
| Nov 9 |
OFF |
| Nov 16 |
vs. ULM |
- |
- |
| Nov 23 |
vs. Texas A&M |
- |
- |
| Nov 30 |
at Alabama |
- |
- |
The Auburn Tigers made more news in the offseason than in the 2021 campaign. After a hot start, new head coach Bryan Harsin saw his team fade down the stretch to finish 6-7. Worst of all, clock mismanagement cost War Eagle a win in the Iron Bowl against Alabama. That led to a poor recruiting class, at least by Auburn and SEC standards.
Auburn has long been known for its meddlesome boosters. And in spring 2022, those big money donors had a bellyful of Harsin. While Harsin was out of the country on vacation, the Auburn boosters circulated stories on social media that he was having an affair with a young female staffer. They even circulated pictures of the woman. It was all fabricated. But Harsin did not make it to the end of 2022.
Now Hugh Freeze, who was fired at Ole Miss for contacting hookers on his burner phone while thumping his Bible on Twitter, is in his second season. To his credit, Freeze is a highly regarded football mind and strong recruiter.
Despite a strong and proud football history, the Auburn Tigers have always played in the state's shadow of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Auburn has two claimed and four unclaimed national championships. The Tigers have won the SEC championship 16 times. They have boasted three Heisman Trophy winners and 31 consensus All-Americans.
Head coaches Ralph Jordan and Pat Dye are Auburn legends. Jordan won a national championship, as did Gene Chizik. Tommy Tuberville and Gus Malzahn are other Auburn coaches that found success on the Plains.
Cam Newton, Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson, and Terry Beasley are among the legendary Auburn players that have worn the blue and orange.
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