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Western Kentucky at #2Georgia

Prediction · week 2, 2026 · Sat Sep 12, 11:45 AM CT / 12:45 PM ET · Sanford Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Georgia 70, Western Kentucky 20

Closest: SP+ (Georgia by 44.3, missed by 5.7). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Georgia. The line, shown for comparison only, has Georgia by 41.0.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Georgia by 44.3 and Elo has Georgia by 24.3. SP+ and Elo are 20.0 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+ Closest
Western Kentucky -13.1 vs Georgia +28.7
Georgia by 44.3 ✓5.7
Elo
Western Kentucky 1327 vs Georgia 1871
Georgia by 24.3 ✓25.7
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Georgia by 419.0

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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