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Tennessee Volunteers

5-1 straight up · 3-3 ATS · 1-5 over-under · #18 of 138 in our ratings

Next gameSat Oct 17, 3:30 PMABCESPN Unlimited
vs6Alabama Crimson Tide
SpreadTennessee +7.5
Total50.5
Moneyline+250
Full matchup

Upcoming lines

Open = the line when most books posted it for this week (Sunday night). A dash means we don't have that number.

Against the spread

SplitATSCover %Real or luck?Avg vs spread
All games3-350%Small sample+0.6
Home2-250%Small sample+0.4
Road1-150%Small sample+1
Favorite2-340%Small sample+0.2
Underdog1-0100%Small sample+2.5
Conference2-167%Small samplePK
Non-conference1-233%Small sample+1.2
Last 53-260%Small sample+1.2

6 graded games. Under 20 games, every split here is a small sample. Avg vs spread is the average margin against the closing number.

Over-under

SplitO-UOver %Real or luck?Avg vs total
All games1-517%Small sample-7
Home0-40%Small sample-11.2
Road1-150%Small sample+1.5
Conference0-30%Small sample-14.8
Non-conference1-233%Small sample+0.8
Last 51-420%Small sample-8.1

Game log with closing lines

DateOpponentResultCloseATSTotalO-U
Oct 10at ArkansasW 24-17-13.5L -6.551.5U -10.5
Oct 3vs AuburnW 24-14-6W +454.5U -16.5
Sep 26vs TexasL 17-20+5.5W +2.554.5U -17.5
Sep 19vs Kennesaw StateW 42-9-35.5L -2.560.5U -9.5
Sep 12at Georgia TechW 45-24-12.5W +8.555.5O +13.5
Sep 5vs Furman PaladinsW 56-9-49.5L -2.566.5U -1.5

Close is Tennessee's spread at kickoff, from ESPN's odds archive (DraftKings). ATS margin is how much they beat or missed the number by.

Season by season

SeasonSUATSCover %Real or luck?O-UOver %Avg vs spread
20265-13-350%Small sample1-517%+0.6
20258-55-838%Small sample8-562%-1.3
202410-37-654%Small sample8-562%+3.4
20239-47-654%Small sample6-746%-2
202211-210-377%Small sample7-654%+8.9
20217-65-838%Small sample10-377%+3.6
20203-73-730%Small sample3-730%-5
20198-57-654%Small sample4-931%+1.8

Regular season and postseason, graded against the closing line. "Could be luck" means a coin flip could have done the same thing.

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