Western Kentucky 20–70 Georgia: AI predicted 8–51 ✓

The shape of this game is not in dispute

All four models converge on the same core read, and it is the correct one: this is a top-tier SEC program at home, coming off a 63-3 dismantling of an FCS opponent, hosting a Conference USA team that was physically overwhelmed by a mid-tier Mountain West side (49-14 at Nevada, with 323 rushing yards and roughly 7.7 yards per carry surrendered). The disagreement among the experts is not about whether Georgia wins — that is as close to a lock as college football offers — but about the exact margin and total, which is where the synthesis matters.

Resolving the margin question

The projected Georgia scores cluster tightly at 49-52, which reflects a shared understanding that Georgia's ceiling here is capped less by WKU's defense than by game management: Kirby Smart's documented pattern of emptying the bench midway through the third quarter in September buy games, rotating aggressively with Arkansas and SEC play looming, and grinding clock with the run game once the outcome is decided. Grok 4.6 and GPT-5.6 lean toward the higher Georgia output (52), citing Smart's continued push and the depth shown by backup quarterbacks contributing in the opener; GLM-5.3 and Claude Opus 5 flag the bench-emptying dynamic more forcefully. The synthesis: Georgia scores in the low 50s — high enough that the backups still out-talent WKU's starters and add points, but not the 60-point repeat, because the 63-3 opener came on extreme per-play efficiency (11 yards per play) that is inherently non-repeatable.

WKU's point total is the real swing variable

GPT-5.6 counters that WKU's Week 1 offense was anemic (82 plays for 367 yards, no passing touchdowns, two lost fumbles, an unsettled quarterback situation with Brock Glenn questionable), making sustained drives against even Georgia's reserves unlikely. The balance of evidence — WKU's tempo and shot-taking approach, plus the pattern of cosmetic late scores in games like this — supports a modest total in the 7-10 range rather than a shutout. Most likely final: Georgia 52, WKU 7.