Mississippi vs South Carolina College Football Picks, College Football Odds & College Football Predictions: The South Carolina Gamecocks and the Mississippi Rebels kickoff week 4 of the college football season with an SEC East versus West tilt at Williams-Brice in Columbia, South Carolina. Tonight's meeting will be the first conference game of the season for the Rebels and the second for the Gamecocks, which faced Georgia two weekends ago. The game is scheduled to get underway at 7:30pm ET and will be broadcast live on ESPN. College Football Picks at Sportsbetting.com have the Rebels listed as a -3.5 against the spread favorite.

Houston Nutt's Rebel squad enters this evening's game with South Carolina sporting a No. 4 ranking and a 2-0 record. Mississippi got an easy victory last weekend, pounding the Southeastern Louisiana Lions 52-6 in Oxford. Quarterback Jevan Snead boosted his Heisman credentials by completing 16 of his 28 pass attemtps for 209 yards and three touchdowns. Snead threw two scoring strikes in the Rebels week one win over Memphis and now has five touchdown passes to two interceptions on the young season.

Aiding Snead in Ole Miss' offensive outburst were running back Brandon Bolden and wide receiver Jesse Grandy. Bolden carried the ball 13 times for 105 yards while Grnady carried it twice for 57 yards and a touchdown. The Rebels finished the ball game with 25 first downs and 500 total yards.

Defensively Mississippi limited the Lions to 302 yards and 12 first downs. Southeastern Louisiana was unable to convert a single third down against the Rebels, going 0-14 for the game, and they managed just 86 rush yards (2.9 yards per carry).

South Carolina improved to 2-1, and rebounded from their 37-41 loss at Georgia, by beating the Florida Atlantic Owls 38-16 in Columbia. The Gamecocks flashed a high-powered offense for the second straight week, racking up 516 yards with effective passing (229 yards) and rushing attacks (287 yards). Quarterback Stephen Garcia had another big week, completing 20-of-27 for 222 yards and a touchdown. 

Garcia was far from a one man gang, though, as three different Gamecocks rushed for over 50 yards. Freshman Jarvis Giles led the way for Steve Spurrier's squad, rushing for 113 yards and a touchdown in just 11 carries.

The Owls produced 307 yards in the loss, but they were able to generate 21 first downs and convert on seven of 15 third down opportunities. Florida Atlantic totaled 96 rush yards, but did so at a 2.7 yard per carry rate.

College Football Picks Betting Trend: The Gamecocks are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games as a home underdog with a spread between 0 to 3.5. They are just 2-8 against the spread in those games as well.

Sportsbetting.com Mississippi vs South Carolina College Football Picks, Odds & Predictions:

Mississippi Rebels -3.5 (-120), Over 53 (-110), -170 (Moneyline)

South Carolina Gamecocks +3.5 (+100), Under 53 (-110), +150 (Moneyline)

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