With
BYU a 2.5-point favorite at
Mississippi in Week 1, we wondered how often SEC teams have been priced as home underdogs in non-conference play? As you can see with the chart below, there have been 13 instances dating back to 2006 with the non-conference owning the upper hand. Ironically, if you eliminate
Vanderbilt and ranked non-conference teams, what's left is Ole Miss' 35-28 loss to unranked
Missouri back in 2007.
| SEC as non-conference home underdogs |
Year | Team | Opponent | Score | SEC SU | SEC ATS | 2006 | Arkansas | #6 USC -8 | 14-50 | Loss | Loss | 2008 | Arkansas | #19 Tulsa -7 | 30-23 | Win | Win | 2006 | Mississippi State | #4 West Virginia -21 | 14-42 | Loss | Loss | 2009 | Mississippi State | #25 Georgia Tech -5.5 | 31-42 | Loss | Loss | 2007 | Ole Miss | Missouri -6 | 25-38 | Loss | Loss | 2007 | South Carolina | #21 Clemson -3 | 21-23 | Loss | Win | 2009 | South Carolina | #15 Clemson -3.5 | 34-17 | Win | Win | 2006 | Tennessee | #9 California -3 | 35-18 | Win | Win | 2010 | Tennessee | #7 Oregon -11.5 | 13-48 | Loss | Loss | 2007 | Kentucky | #5 Louisville -5.5 | 40-34 | Win | Win | 2007 | Vanderbilt | Wake Forest -1 | 17-31 | Loss | Loss | 2009 | Vanderbilt | #11 Georgia Tech -11 | 31-56 | Loss | Loss | 2010 | Vanderbilt | Northwestern -3 | 21-23 | Loss | Win | Results | | | | 4-9 SU | 6-7 ATS |
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