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No. 5 Tennessee opens as double-digit favorite at Arkansas

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Tennessee Football opened as a 10.5-point favorite for next week’s game at Arkansas, according to DraftKings, with the line moving to 11 points by Thursday morning. The Vols (4-0) are off this week. Arkansas (3-1) plays Texas A&M in Dallas this week before returning home.

Tennessee and Arkansas will start at be either 7 or 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on either ESPN or ABC. The start time will be finalized over the weekend.

Lines for two other Tennessee games were updated by BetOnline Thursday. The Alabama game at Neyland Stadium on October 19 is now pick ‘em, according to the updated odds, while the Vols were 8.5-point underdogs at Georgia on November 16. 

Up Next: No. 5 Tennessee at Arkansas, October 5, 7 or 7:30 p.m., ESPN or ABC

Early lines were released in May for the Alabama and Georgia games. Tennessee was initially a 2.0-point underdog against Alabama and a 17.5-point underdog at Georgia. 

Arkansas is a 4.5-point underdog against Texas A&M. The Razorbacks are coming off a 24-14 win at Auburn on Saturday. The Hogs trailed UAB 17-3 early at home two weeks ago before rallying for a 37-27 win. 

Oklahoma State rallied from a 21-7 deficit in the second quarter on September 14 to beat Arkansas 39-31 in overtime, after the Hogs opened the season with a 70-0 win over Arkansas Pine Bluff.

Arkansas is 2-2 against the spread this season, covering 50.5 points against Pine Bluff, 10 points at Oklahoma State and winning outright as a 2.5-point underdog at Auburn. Arkansas was a 22.5-point favorite at home against UAB.

Vols are 4-0 against the spread this season

Tennessee is 4-0 against the spread this season. The Vols closed as a 5.5-point favorite at Oklahoma, winning 25-15 Saturday night at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. 

Tennessee was a 49-point favorite over Kent State in the 71-0 win. The Vols were 8.5-point favorites against North Carolina State in the 51-10 win in Charlotte in The Duke’s Mayo Classic. They were 39.5-point favorites in the 69-3 win over Chattanooga on August 31.

After the trip to Arkansas, a second straight road game to start the SEC schedule, Tennessee returns home for four straight home games and five home games out of the next six on schedule.

Florida comes to Knoxville on October 12, before Alabama on October 19. After a second bye week on October 26, the Vols host Kentucky on November 2 and Mississippi State on November 9.

The regular-season schedule closes with games at Georgia (November 16), at home against UTEP (November 23) and at Vanderbilt (November 30).

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