Oklahoma at Auburn: How to watch, odds, predictions from ESPN, KenPom

No. 1 Auburn (19-1) hosts Oklahoma (13-7) Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. Here’s how to watch, odds, ESPN BPI predictions and KenPom game predictions as well for both teams ahead of Saturday’s prime time clash.

How to watch Oklahoma at Auburn

Time: 2 p.m. ET

Channel: ESPN

Location: Auburn, Alabama

Odds

Auburn opened Saturday as 9.5-point favorites and has maintained since odds were released.

Money line: Auburn -460, Oklahoma +380.

Spread: Auburn -9.5, -110. Kentucky +9.5, -110.

Total: Over/Under 137, -110.

Check out the rest of Vegas’ odds ahead of Saturday’s college game day slate.

ESPN BPI predictions 

Matchup quality: 80.5

Win probability: Auburn, 84.6%

Predicted point differential: 11.1

‘The College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. 

Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily,’ per ESPN.

For the rest of ESPN’s BPI predictions, click here.

KenPom predictions

Score prediction: Auburn 72, Kentucky 63. 

Win probability: Auburn, 80%. 

Check out the rest of KenPom’s predictions for Oklahoma at Auburn here.

Oklahoma at Auburn Preview

Auburn continues to be the most dominant team in the country on a 16-game winning streak, having not lost since they battled UConn in November.

Their biggest scare of the run came on Tuesday at Missouri where they survived 55-54 thanks to K.D. Johnson’s five-straight points to end regulation during the Tigers’ first game as the No. 1 team in the nation in program history.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma is sitting at 3-5 in the Big 12 standings, including dropping four of their last five, three of which came against top-25 ranked teams (Texas, Kansas, Baylor). It’s a tall task asking for positive results when your schedule throws three top-10 teams at you in an 11-day span, but if you ask those inside Oklahoma, they’ll tell you they’re ready to shock the nation Saturday afternoon.

“It’s an opportunity. That’s how you have to approach it,” Sooners head coach Porter Moser said Friday. “ … You get better doing this. It’s gonna be really hard, but man, what an opportunity. The guys are excited to play.”