It's become obvious who among the ESPN College GameDay cast believes in the Oklahoma Sooners on a weekly basis, and the ones that seem to know what they're actually talking about almost always pick the Sooners to win.
Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit all predicted the No. 13 Sooners to beat No. 8 Ole Miss in Norman during Saturday morning's show from Nashville, Tennessee, where No. 10 Vanderbilt will host No. 15 Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
Pat McAfee, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit pick Oklahoma over Rebels
As always, Desmond Howard picked against the Sooners. Celebrity guest picker and comedian Nate Bargatze also picked Ole Miss while taking a shot at the Sooners as a massive Vanderbilt fan.
"Two years ago I sat here and called Oklahoma the new Vanderbilt," Bargatze said. "And I want to apologize to Oklahoma fans. I was wrong. Oklahoma's ranked 13th, Vanderbilt is 10. You're no Vanderbilt."
McAfee and Saban, though, both believe OU quarterback John Mateer will continue to get better the further removed he is from having surgery on his throwing hand on Sept. 24. Both also love the Sooners' defense, which leads college football in total defense and is second in scoring defense.
"Mateer is kind of up and to the right right now since coming back at that Texas game, which everybody thought was early, and he played bad against that Texas defense," McAfee said. "He's bounced back, he's only getting better. And that defense is unbelievable. To your point, I like Oklahoma here, as well. There's a reason they're 5.5-point favorites."
With the cast split to that point, Herbstreit put the consensus in the Sooners' favor with his pick. He said he thought Ole Miss' defense would struggle to stop Mateer and OU's other offensive playmakers.