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Beat the Gumbo: SEC Week 8 Pick’em
Think you can out-pick the pot? Here’s your shot, cher. Ready to play? Register once and make your picks on the Gumbo Pick’em page. Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time. Best record takes home bragging rights and a shoutout in the Sunday recap.
How the Gumbo Picks Work
Our picks are built from each week’s Wednesday scouting report, and they can change as injury reports and breaking news roll in. Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time. Every locked pick and our season record stay public, win or lose.
You can still enter right up until game time, cher.
Make your picks on the Gumbo Pick’em page. Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time.
Week 8 Is On the Stove: Saturday, Oct. 24
The Gumbo’s Week 8 picks are on the table. Think you can beat the pot?
Six SEC games, all Saturday. Our official calls are in the table below. All six winners and projected scores are now signed off by the kitchen. Full reasoning: Gumbo’s Picks: SEC Week 8.
Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time. A comment pick counts only if it was posted before that game kicked off.
The Gumbo’s 2026 record (through Week 7): Straight Up 2-6 | Against the Spread 2-4 | Over/Under 5-1
Week 7 final: Straight Up 2-6 | Against the Spread 2-4 | Over/Under 5-1. Every Week 7 pick and result is on the Gumbo Pick Tracker.
Last updated: Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 5:55 a.m. CT (picks and official injury notes). Kickoff times and TV can still shift.
The Week 8 Slate and the Gumbo’s Picks
| Game (kickoff Central, TV) | Winner | Spread | Over/Under | Projected score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU at Auburn Sat., Oct. 24, 11:00 AM CT, ABC | LSU | No spread pick | Lean Under 51.5 (DraftKings, LSU -7) | LSU 29, Auburn 21 |
| Texas A&M at Alabama Sat., Oct. 24, 2:30 PM CT, ABC | Alabama | No spread pick | Pass | Alabama 32, Texas A&M 19 |
| Tennessee at South Carolina Sat., Oct. 24, 2:30 PM CT, ESPN | South Carolina | No spread pick | No Play | South Carolina 26, Tennessee 25 |
| Oklahoma at Mississippi State Sat., Oct. 24, 2:30 PM CT, SEC Network | Oklahoma | Pass | Pass | Oklahoma 25, Mississippi State 22 |
| Ole Miss at Texas Sat., Oct. 24, 6:30 PM CT, ABC | Texas | No spread pick | Pass | Texas 29, Ole Miss 25 |
| Vanderbilt at Kentucky Sat., Oct. 24, 6:30 PM CT, SEC Network | Kentucky | No spread pick | No Play | Kentucky 31, Vanderbilt 21 |
Official injury notes
From the SEC’s Friday, Oct. 23 availability report (posted 7:10 PM CT; SEC reports), which updated Thursday’s report. Where a status moved, the note says from what. The final report for Oklahoma at Mississippi State is due around 1 PM CT Saturday.
- LSU at Auburn: LSU: WR Jackson Harris, EDGE Princewill Umanmielen and TE Trey’Dez Green not listed; DT Richard Anderson out (moved from doubtful on Thursday’s report). Auburn: DL Saint Farrior out (moved from questionable on Friday’s report).
- Texas A&M at Alabama: Alabama: WR Ryan Coleman-Williams out; CB Zabien Brown, RB EJ Crowell and Racin Delgatty doubtful (all three moved from questionable on Friday’s report). Texas A&M: Mario Craver, DJ Hicks, Daymion Sanford and Trovon Baugh probable (moved from questionable on Friday’s report); DE Anto Saka still questionable.
- Tennessee at South Carolina: Tennessee’s report lists only season-ending injuries.
- Oklahoma at Mississippi State: MSU QB Kamario Taylor (turf toe) is still questionable on Friday’s Oct. 23 SEC availability report, unchanged from Thursday. RB Fluff Bothwell came off the report on Friday (moved from questionable to available). On3 reported Thursday that there’s growing optimism Taylor plays, and we expect a game-day decision. The final report is due around 1 PM CT Saturday. As of Sat., Oct. 24 our pick is Oklahoma 25-22 (moved from 23-20), still a pass on the side and the total.
- Ole Miss at Texas: Texas: EDGE Colin Simmons OUT (ruled out on Thursday’s Oct. 22 SEC availability report), EDGE Richard Wesley out, RB Hollywood Smothers, WR Kaliq Lockett and OL Jaydon Chatman out (Smothers moved from doubtful and Lockett and Chatman from questionable on Friday’s report); OL Jackson Christian newly questionable on Friday’s report. Ole Miss: C Brycen Sanders probable (moved from questionable on Friday’s report); OL Terez Davis still questionable.
- Vanderbilt at Kentucky: Vanderbilt: EDGE Brian Allen Jr. out. Kentucky: WR Nic Anderson out (moved from questionable on Thursday’s report).
Drop Your Picks in the Comments
Scroll down and leave one comment with your winner and exact final score for every game. Like this: “LSU 27, Auburn 20.” Six games, six scores, one pot.
Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time. A comment pick counts only if it was posted before that game kicked off. The comment timestamp is the referee, cher, and the referee doesn’t take bribes, not even boudin.
Best record each week gets bragging rights and a shoutout. Rather click than type? Make your picks on the Gumbo Pick’em page.
The Rules
- Pick the winner of all 6 games. In the comments, add your exact final score for each game too.
- Ready to play? Register once and make your picks on the Gumbo Pick’em page. Picks lock at kickoff, but you can still enter right up until game time.
- One entry per person. Use a name we can shout out (keep it PG-13).
- Most correct winners takes it. Tiebreaker: closest guess at total points in Ole Miss at Texas.
- Best record each week gets bragging rights and a shoutout in the Sunday recap. If you beat the Gumbo’s record, we’ll eat crow étouffée in public.
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