Tennessee Volunteers (4-4) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (6-2)
November 6, 2021 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Kentucky Wildcats -2.5 / Tennessee Volunteers +2.5; Over/Under: -58.5
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The Kentucky Wildcats and Tennessee Volunteers meet in week 10 SEC college football action from Kroger Field on Saturday night.
The Tennessee Volunteers come into this game still trying to shake off back-to-back losses following their 52-24 loss to Alabama in their last game. Hendon Hooker has thrown for 1,578 yards, 17 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 68.7% passing while also rushing for 416 yards and 4 scores. Tiyon Evans leads the Vols in rushing with 516 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns and Jabari Small also has 332 rushing yards this season. Velus Jones Jr leads the Volunteers in receiving with 31 grabs for 453 yards and 4 touchdowns while Cedric Tillman is right behind with 30 catches for 446 yards and 4 scores as well. JaVonta Payton has 287 receiving yards and 5 TDs while two other Vols have at least 100 receiving yards this season. On defense, Jeremy Banks leads the Volunteers with 60 total tackles and 4.5 sacks while Jaylen McCullough has a team-high 3 interceptions.
The Kentucky Wildcats are looking to bounce back from a 31-17 loss at the hands of Mississippi State last time out. Will Levis has thrown for 1,476 yards, 14 touchdowns and 9 interceptions on 66.3% passing while Chris Rodriguez Jr. leads the Wildcats with 809 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. Wan’Dale Robinson leads Kentuckly’s receivers with 58 catches for 645 yards and 5 scores while Josh Ali has 257 receiving yards and another pair of Wildcats have 100+ receiving yards this season. On defense, DeAndre Square leads the Wildcats with 62 total tackles as well as 3 sacks while Jacquez Jones has 61 total tackles and J.J. Weaver has a team-high 4 sacks this season.
Tennessee is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against a team with a winning record and 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 road games while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. Kentucky is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 22-10 in their last 32 conference games.
I get the case that could be made both ways here as I expect this to be a physical game. However, the strength of both of these teams offensively is running the football and I expect neither side to deviate from that gameplan in this game. I look for there to be tons of handoffs, a lot of clock to bleed off and for this game to come in well under the number.
