What the analytics predict for Auburn vs. Cal in this Week 2 college football game.
Now an SEC vs. ACC game thanks to conference realignment, this remains the second of a home-and-home game between Auburn and Cal in college football's Week 2 action on Saturday.
KeAndre Lambert Smith, a transfer from Penn State, scored twice, while Perry Thompson and Cam Coleman each scored once and Auburn's receiving output averaged 25 yards per catch. SP+ predicts that Auburn will defeat Cal by a projected score of 36 to 21 and to win the game by an expected 14.8 points.SP+ is a “tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency” that attempts to predict game outcomes by measuring “the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football.”Auburn is a 12.5 point favorite against California, according to the lines at FanDuel Sportsbook, which set the total at 53.5 points for the game.
Auburn is projected to win the game in an overwhelming 81.4 percent of the computer's simulations, while Cal comes out the expected winner in the remaining 18.6 percent of sims.
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