Kentucky Wildcats vs Auburn Tigers Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/01/25

It has been a rough season for the Kentucky Wildcats. Big Blue Nation is currently winless in the SEC at 0-5, and its 2 wins on the year were against MAC schools. After narrowly losing to Texas at home in overtime, the Wildcats played host to Tennessee last week and had their doors blown off. The Vols scored 56 in their 21-point victory, gained over 500 yards and committed zero turnovers. Meanwhile, Kentucky was at least solid offensively with 476 yards, but the 2 turnovers helped Tennessee build what proved to be an insurmountable lead.

Auburn will return home to host this flailing Kentucky team after finally snapping a 4-game losing streak. With the whole world against them, Auburn went into Arkansas and beat the Razorbacks 33-24 thanks to 4 Arkansas turnovers and a 23-3 second half scoring edge for the Tigers. It was Auburn RB Jeremiah Cobb that stole the show, rushing for 153 yards on 28 carries in the win.

This game will likely be heavily influenced by the run game of both teams. Kentucky and Auburn both reside in the top 60 in rush rate outside of garbage time since Week 5, and neither offense has been explosive in that time. In fact, both the Wildcats and the Tigers are 125th or worse in explosiveness per play since the end of September. With below-average passing attacks, it’s going to be a struggle to get into scoring range for both teams. Even when they get into scoring range, they’ve proven they can’t be trusted to find the end zone – as Kentucky is 93rd in points scored per quality drive since Week 5 while Auburn ranks 126th. Despite both teams playing in high-scoring games last week, I’m expecting this one to be a slog.

Kentucky vs Auburn prediction: Under 45.5 (-115) at the time of publishing. Playable to 45.

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