Tennessee Football Opens As Massive Favorites Against UTEP

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Tennessee football opened as 41.5-point favorites in its senior day matchup against UTEP on Saturday afternoon according to the DraftKings Sportsbook. The over/under is set at 55.5.

This line did not come out before the season so the six day out line is the first one sportsbooks have offered for Tennessee’s matchup against UTEP.

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Tennessee is 5-5 against the spread so far this season but is 3-0 against the spread in non conference games. The Vols enter its final home game of the season having failed to cover the point spread in each of their last three games and five of their last six games. The over and under have each hit in five Tennessee games this season with the over hitting in all three non conference games to date.

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Josh Heupel’s fourth Tennessee team enters its penultimate game of the regular season 8-2 (5-2 SEC) having suffered its second loss of the season on Saturday against rival Georgia. Tennessee now needs some help but they remain in the College Football Playoff hunt if they can take care of business against UTEP and Vanderbilt to end the season.

UTEP is 4-6 against the spread so far this season but has covered just one of its last five games. The over has hit in four UTEP games this season while the under has hit six times.

The Miners are one of the worst teams in the FBS and enter the matchup at Neyland Stadium with a 2-10 (2-5 CUSA) record. UTEP is coming off one of its two wins of the season, having defeated Kennesaw State 43-35 on Saturday.

Kickoff between Tennessee and UTEP is at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon at Neyland Stadium. The SEC Network+ is streaming the game.

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