Auburn vs. Vanderbilt odds: Current line, win probability, final score prediction, how to watch

There’ll be a sneaky matchup in the SEC on Tuesday when No. 1 Auburn tips off against Vanderbilt in Music City.

Auburn (21-2, 9-1) comes in after their first conference loss and just the second one overall on the season. The Tigers lost a top-six matchup against Florida in The Jungle this weekend by a final score of 90-81. Now, they’ll play a mid-week game in Nashville while trying not to look ahead to another trip for one of the season’s biggest matchups between the top two teams in the country currently with No. 1 Auburn playing at No. 2 Alabama on Saturday.

Vanderbilt (17-6, 6-5) is then looking at them for another potential upset that they could pull. The Commodores have split their conference games to this point with them having won their latest this weekend at 86-78 over Texas after they’d lost two straight on the road. However, a pair of Top-10 teams have already lost on West End with Vandy beating No. 6 Tennessee by one and No. 9 Kentucky in a week’s span.

Odds for No. 1 Auburn vs. Vanderbilt

Per the odds released at FanDuel, Auburn is a 9.5-point favorite on the road tomorrow over Vanderbilt. That has the Commodores at (+340) on the moneyline as essentially a double-digit underdog at home against the No. 1 team in the country.

As for the over-under, the total has been set at 156.5 with the line slightly favoring the over at (-115).

Final score predictions for No. 1 Auburn vs. Vanderbilt

BPI Predicted winner: Auburn
BPI Predicted point differential: 9.8
BPI Win Probability (for Auburn): 82.9%
BPI Matchup Quality: 82.3

ESPN’s Basketball Power Index (BPI) also has Auburn with a near double-digit edge at 9.8 points with a probability projected at 82.9%.

As for matchup quality, this is the eighth-best game on the slate in college basketball. It’s also the lowest-rated of the five games in the league tomorrow behind No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Kentucky (1st), No. 2 Alabama at Texas (2nd), No. 3 Florida at No. 22 Mississippi State (4th), and Georgia at No. 8 Texas A&M (7th) with all of those projecting as much closer matchups.

KenPom Predicted Final Score: Auburn 87, Vanderbilt 76
KenPom Win Probability (for Auburn): 84%

KenPom is then slightly higher on Auburn’s chances tomorrow night against Vandy. Their predicted score is by a margin of 11 with a win probability of 84%.

How to watch No. 1 Auburn vs. Vanderbilt

Time: 7 p.m. ET
Channel: SEC Network
Location: Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tennessee)

Vanderbilt has pulled an upset or two already in conference play. It’ll take a lot to earn their biggest of the season, though, with No. 1 Auburn as the clear favorite going into tomorrow’s game in Nashville.