Missouri vs Tennessee 10/2/21 College Football Picks, Odds, Predictions

The Missouri Tigers meet the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday in a Week 5 SEC week 5 college football action at Memorial Stadium. The Tennessee Volunteers need a win here to get a game above a .500 record. The Missouri Tigers also need a win here to improve to 3-2 on the season.

The Tennessee Volunteers have lost four of their last five road games. Hendon Hooker is completing 65.7 percent of his passes for 613 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception. Velus Jones Jr. and JaVonta Payton have combined for 302 receiving yards and three touchdowns while Jacob Warren has 11 receptions. The Tennessee Volunteers ground game is averaging 203 yards per contest, and Tiyon Evans leads the way with 211 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, Tennessee is allowing 21.3 points and 325 yards per game. Theo Jackson leads the Tennessee Volunteers with 32 tackles, Tyler Baron has 1.5 sacks and Jaylen McCollough has one interception.

The Missouri Tigers have won six of their last seven home games. Connor Bazelak is completing 68.8 percent of his passes for 1,200 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions. Keke Chism and Tauskie Dove have combined for 357 receiving yards and one touchdown while Tyler Badie has 20 receptions. The Missouri Tigers ground game is averaging 159.5 yards per contest, and Badie leads the way with 417 yards and five touchdowns. Defensively, Missouri is allowing 32 points and 454.3 yards per game. Blaze Alldredge leads the Missouri Tigers with 36 tackles, Devin Nicholson has two sacks and Jaylon Carlies has two interceptions.

The Volunteers are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Tigers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games and 5-16 ATS in their last 21 games overall. The under is 14-5 in Volunteers last 19 games overall. The over is 6-1 in Tigers last 7 games overall. The favorite is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 meetings.

The Tennessee Volunteers have really had issues against respectable competition and the lack of passing success really hurts their offense. The Missouri Tigers may have the same record, but they were competitive even in losses, taking both Kentucky and Boston College down to the wire. Missouri is also much ore trustworthy offensively with the 12th best passing attack in the country. I’ll lay the field goal with the Tigers at home.