The No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels and the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions meet in Atlanta for the 2023 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday. Kickoff at Mercedes-Benz Stadium is set for noon ET. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists Penn State as a 4.5-point favorite, while the over/under is 51.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college football odds page).

Before you make any Ole Miss vs. Penn State picks or any other college football predictions, you NEED to see which side Barrett Sallee is on. 

A nationally known CBS Sports college football writer, Sallee shares his top plays each week with SportsLine subscribers. Sallee hosts shows on SiriusXM College and appears regularly on CBS Sports HQ. He is a regular on local, regional and national radio programs, including The Paul Finebaum Show on ESPN Radio and the SEC Network.

What's more, he has demonstrated a particularly sharp eye for the Rebels. In fact, Sallee has gone 15-4 (+1060) on his last 19 picks in games involving Ole Miss. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP.

Sallee knows Ole Miss has the more explosive offense in this matchup. The Rebels are averaging more than 450 total yards per game this season and generating 34.8 points per contest. Ole Miss is also in the top four of the SEC in both passing offense and rushing offense, averaging 9.4 yards per attempt through the air. The Rebels also have only seven turnovers, ranking in the top three among FBS programs.

Sallee also knows that Penn State's defense is elite. The Nittany Lions lead the country in total defense, giving up only 223.3 total yards per game. That is the best mark of any program since 2011, and Penn State is also No. 1 in yards allowed per play (3.9) and sacks (48). James Franklin's team is also in the top three of the country in points allowed, passing yards allowed, rushing yards allowed, yards allowed per carry, and first downs allowed. 

Now, Sallee has locked in another confident against the spread pick for Ole Miss vs. Penn State. We can tell you he's leaning Over the 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.

Who wins Ole Miss vs. Penn State in the Peach Bowl? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Ole Miss vs. Penn State spread to jump on, all from the expert who's an outstanding 15-4 on Ole Miss picks!