Auburn vs. Ole Miss Prediction, CFB Week 9 Odds & Best Bets (10/31)

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Odds as of 8:15 AM ET, Oct 31, 2026

Auburn (4-3, 2-3 SEC) visits No. 12 Ole Miss (5-2, 3-2) at 12:45 PM ET at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on SEC Network, and we expect both quarterbacks to finish their own drives. Auburn's offense runs through Byrum Brown's legs, against the SEC's worst run defense. Ole Miss lost running back Kewan Lacy to a dislocated shoulder in the 34-27 loss at Texas, and its coach expects Trinidad Chambliss to run more without him.

Ole Miss is favored by 11.5 with a total of 57.5, and neither touchdown needs a particular margin. Neither quarterback is on the latest SEC availability report. The kickoff forecast is cloudy and in the low 70s, with wind of 5 to 10 mph and little chance of rain.

Auburn vs. Ole Miss Predictions

• Pick #1: Byrum Brown Anytime TD (-155)
• Pick #2: Trinidad Chambliss Anytime TD (-175)

PICK #1: Byrum Brown Anytime TD (-155)

LSU sacked Brown six times in a 38-17 win and held him to 20 rushing yards on 19 carries, and he still scored from the 1. That's the fifth straight game with a rushing touchdown, after runs of 21, 2, 7 and 5 yards against Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Georgia, and no Auburn player had managed five in a row since Kerryon Johnson in 2017.

It goes back further than that streak. He has scored on the ground in 6 of 7 games this season and did it in 9 of 12 at USF last year, against an implied 60.8% at -155. The volume gives him chances near the goal line even on a bad day: 18, 10, 19, 26 and 19 carries over the five-game run.

Ole Miss allows 161.1 rushing yards a game, last in the SEC and 94th nationally. Florida ran for 302 on the Rebels and Texas for 207, though Missouri managed 39.

Rebels coach Pete Golding said "you got to eliminate the quarterback run game," and starting linebacker Luke Ferrelli is probable. Tristan Ti'a also ran one in from 7 yards against LSU. Auburn averages 25.4 points and scored 17 in that game, and Brown's passing touchdowns don't pay here.

PICK #2: Trinidad Chambliss Anytime TD (-175)

Lacy's absence changes who scores near the goal line. Chambliss has six rushing touchdowns and Lacy five, and Shekai Mills-Knight is the only other Ole Miss running back with one. Makhi Frazier, expected to lead the backfield, has 301 yards on 51 carries and no rushing touchdown.

Lacy missed the Florida game earlier this season, and Chambliss ran seven times for 44 yards and two touchdowns in the 52-28 loss. After the Texas game, Golding talked about moments when his quarterback could have kept the ball: "I think you'll see a little more of that moving forward."

That -175 implies 63.6%, a steep price. Chambliss has run for a touchdown in 5 of 7 games on just 41 carries, with his scores over the last five games coming from 5 to 14 yards. Last season's record doesn't clear the number, at 5 of 15 games, so we're paying for this year's scoring and for Lacy being out.

Auburn allows points on 95.2 percent of red-zone trips, 128th nationally, and Ole Miss scores on 96.2 percent of its own, 5th. Field goals count in both figures. Florida ran for 243 on Auburn, Tennessee for 237 and LSU for 164, and Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin said that when Chambliss gets out of the pocket, "he can beat you running."

He had five carries for 7 yards and no touchdown at Texas, and Golding says defenses now spy him. His 16 passing touchdowns don't pay here. Mills-Knight scored from 35 yards at Vanderbilt, and Golding says he'll have "a real opportunity."

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