Tennessee vs Vanderbilt 11/27/21 College Football Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Tennessee Volunteers meet the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday in week 13 SEC conference college football action from Neyland Stadium.

The Vanderbilt Commodores will try to bounce back from a 31-17 loss at the hands of Ole Miss last time out. Ken Seals has thrown for 1,173 yards, 5 touchdowns and 8 interceptions while Mike Wright’s tossed for 844 yards, 7 touchdowns and 4 picks while rushing for 369 yards as well on the year. Rocko Griffin has a team-high 413 rushing yards and 3 scores while Patrick Smith has 360 rushing yards as well. Chris Pierce JR. leads the ‘Dores in receiving with 53 grabs for 609 yards while Will Sheppard has 479 receiving yards and Cam Johnson and Devin Boddie Jr. each have 250+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Ethan Barr leads the Commodores with 76 total tackles along with 3 interceptions as well while Dashaun Jenkins also has 3 interceptions as well this season.

The Tennessee Volunteers will be looking to add to a 60-14 rout of South Alabama last time out. Hendon Hooker has thrown for 2,411 yards, 24 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 70% passing while also rushing for 485 yards and 5 touchdowns. Tiyon Evans and Jabari Small each have 500+ rushing yards with a combined 1,034 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Cedric Tillman has a team-high 825 receiving yards with 51 catches and 7 touchdowns white Velus Jones has 50 catches for 500 yards and 6 TDs. JaVonta Payton also has 373 receiving yards and 6 TDs this season. Jeremy Banks has a team-high 96 total tackles with 4.5 sacks while Matthew Butler has a team-high 5 sacks and Byron Young has 4.5 sacks and Tyler baron has 4 sacks. Jaylen McCullough has a team-high 3 interceptions this season.

Vanderbilt is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games in November and 5-1 ATS in their last 7 games on grass while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games overall. Tennessee is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a favorite and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 7-3 in their last 10 games as a home favorite.

I get why you’d lay a big number with Tennessee as Vanderbilt has been awful at points this season. However, the Commodores have been competent in terms of covering the number in recent games and in a rivalry game I think this could be a case of just too many points. I think the Vols win this one by four scores, but that’s not enough to get over this massive line. Give me the Commodores and the points here.