Selections Alabama vs. LSU Predictions: Week 10 College Football Odds, Spread, Lines
A big SEC West matchup is set for this weekend, as ranked division rivals Alabama and LSU square off in Week 10 college football action on Saturday.
Alabama comes into the bye week already on a losing streak with no margin for error as the defending SEC champions look to return to the College Football Playoff.
LSU has two losses on the year, but none in SEC West play, and has found an offensive rhythm behind quarterback Jayden Daniels in Brian Kelly’s debut season in Death Valley.
What do the experts think of the confrontation? Let’s see how the College Football Power Index computer prediction model projects the game.
Alabama vs LSU picks, predictions
Week 10 college football picks: Alabama vs. LSU
The computers favor the visiting team, as Alabama enters with the 76.4 percent chance to beat LSU on Saturday.
That leaves the Tigers a 23.6 percent shot to hand the Crimson Tide its second loss and stay in the SEC West hunt.
The oddsmakers are also on the side of Alabama, which reaches the 13 favorite points over LSU, according to the SI Sportsbook lines, which set the over/under a 58.5 points for the confrontation.
Alabama is ranked No. 2 out of 131 college football rankings in the index, designed to win 10.9 games this season and be 28.4 points better than an average team in a neutral field.
FPI estimates the Crimson Tide has one 51.0 percent chance to make the College Football Playoff, fourth best nationally, and one 18.3 percent shot to win the national championship.
LSU owns the No. 9 slot in the computer rankings, projected to win 8.5 games with one 19.3 percent chance to win the SEC West.
The college football rankings and Football Power Index (FPI) computer prediction model is a measure of team strength that predicts a team’s future performance.
Rankings and score predictions are based on 20,000 simulations of a team’s season, using a combination of analysis, including results to date, quality of opponents and a team’s schedule.
According to AP’s Top 25 poll
1. Georgia (30 first place votes)
2. Ohio State (15)
T-2. Tennessee (18)
4.Michigan
5. Clemson
6. Alabama
7. TCU
8. Oregon
9. U.S.C
10. UCLA
11. Be a lady
12. Utah
13. Kansas State
14. Illinois
15. LSU
16. Penn State
17. North Carolina
18. Oklahoma State
19. Tulane
20. Wake Forest
21. NC State
22. Syracuse
23. Freedom
24. State of Oregon
25. UCF
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