South Carolina vs. Auburn: Odds, TV info, live stream, prediction

Seasons will be determined when South Carolina football hosts Auburn football on Saturday.

Saturday is a critical game for both South Carolina football and Auburn football in Week 7.

The 1-2 South Carolina Gamecocks need a win to keep head coach Will Muschamp from going on the early-season hot seat. As for the Auburn Tigers, they are lucky to be 2-1 and should have lost to the Arkansas Razorbacks last week had the SEC officials not gifted Auburn a win over the Hogs down on The Plains. This loser of this early-afternoon window will be in rough shape.

Here is how to watch Auburn football take on South Carolina football online.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 17
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Venue: Williams-Brice Stadium
Betting Odds: Auburn -2.5, O/U: 52.5
TV Info: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN, SportSurge

Kickoff from Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina will be at 12:00 p.m. ET. ESPN will have the national telecast of this SEC football game. WatchESPN will have the available live stream. Make sure you have ESPN as part of your cable package to access WatchESPN. If you don’t have ESPN, then feel free to venture over the SportSurge.

Auburn enters play laying 2.5 points on the road to South Carolina. The associated money lines for this game are Auburn -145 and South Carolina +125. This game’s over/under comes in at a combined 52.5 points. All the lines have held steady since they opened, as Auburn would be about a touchdown favorite on a neutral site. Odds are from Odds Shark.

A win for Auburn helps the Tigers stay one of the better teams in the SEC outside of the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs. However, a loss to South Carolina surely knocks them out of the AP Top 25 Poll and will have War Eagle Nation once again questioning if head coach Gus Malzahn is the right man for the job. The winner will feel good, but the loser will be sweating.

While everything indicates this game will be close, it still feels like Auburn’s to lose. They have the more experienced starting quarterback in Bo Nix over Collin Hill. South Carolina will keep it close, but a late fourth-quarter touchdown by Nix breaks the tie and hits the over. Auburn improves to 3-1 without playing great once, while South Carolina is left to pick up the pieces at 1-3 on the year.

Pick: Auburn 31, South Carolina 24.

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