The Jackson State Tigers will battle the South Carolina State Bulldogs in the Celebration Bowl on Saturday. The game pits Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion South Carolina State against the Southwestern Athletic Conference-winning Jackson State. The Bulldogs (9-2, 5-0 MEAC), who are on an eight-game winning streak, last competed in the game in 2021, when they beat Jackson State 31-10. The Tigers (11-2, 8-0 SWAC), who have won nine in a row, lost to North Carolina Central 41-34 in the 2022 Celebration Bowl.

Kickoff is set for noon ET at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The MEAC leads the series 6-2. The Bulldogs are 2.5-point favorites in the latest Jackson State vs. South Carolina State odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 53.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page). 

Before you make any Jackson State vs. South Carolina State picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side proven SportsLine expert Jimmie Kaylor is on. 

Kaylor is a NFL, college football and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered the NFL and college football for close to a decade as a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. His background as a former college football All-American and NFL player gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college football landscape and has been cashing in big for the last two years. 

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Now, Kaylor has locked in a confident against-the-spread pick for Jackson State vs. South Carolina State in their Celebration Bowl matchup in Atlanta. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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