Texas Football vs. Georgia: Point spread, odds and more

University of Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made a good, if obvious, point during his weekly press conference Monday morning.

There are no divisions in the SEC anymore and there are a lot of teams, 16 to be exact. In return, any blemish on your record drastically reduces your chances of playing in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on December 7th.

As far as a path to the SEC Championship Game goes, Saturday night’s game between Texas and Georgia is huge.

The Longhorns are one of three SEC teams without a conference loss, along with Texas A&M and LSU. If Texas beats Georgia, there are still more games to play, but it would be very hard to imagine not playing in Atlanta in seven weeks.

The Bulldogs already have one conference loss. One second wouldn’t exclude her from the conversation, but it would make the journey to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium extraordinarily difficult.

When it comes to regular-season games played before the month of November, the stakes, which include the battle for a spot in the College Football Playoff, couldn’t be higher than what awaits Texas and Georgia.

Line: Texas (-3.5)

Money line: Texas -175, Georgia +150

Over/Under: 56.5 points

Story: Texas leads the all-time series against Georgia 4-1. The last meeting, a 28-21 victory for the Longhorns, came at the end of the 2018 season in the 2019 Sugar Bowl. In that game, Game MVP Sam Ehlinger finished 19 of 27 for 169 yards while adding 64 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. This victory gave then-head coach Tom Herman a 10-4 record in his second season. Saturday marks the first regular-season game between Texas and Georgia since Sept. 20, 1958, a 13-8 Longhorns win in Austin. The teams will compete again next season, which will be the teams’ first meeting in Athens, Georgia.