Tennessee Football flips to a road favorite for next week's game at Oklahoma
Tennessee Football has flipped to a road favorite for next week’s game at Oklahoma. The Vols opened in May as a 5.0-point underdog for their SEC opener on the road against the Sooners, but are now listed by FanDuel as a 2.5-point favorite. The updated total for the game is 61.5.
No. 7 Tennessee (2-0) and No. 15 Oklahoma (2-0) are scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff next Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The game will be televised by ABC.
In early lines released by DraftKings back in May, the Vols were listed as a 5.5-point favorite against North Carolina State, a 5.0-point underdog at Oklahoma, an 11.0-point favorite at home against Florida, a 2.0-point underdog at home against Alabama and a 17.5-point underdog at Georgia.
Tennessee opened the season as a 38.5-point favorite against Chattanooga, winning 69-3 at Neyland Stadium on August 31, and closed as a 9.0-point favorite against NC State last week in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, where the Vols drubbed the Wolfpack 51-10.
Oklahoma beat Houston 16-12 at home Saturday night and opened the season two weeks ago with a 51-3 home win over Temple.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Oklahoma: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ABC
Streaming: ESPN App
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee-Oklahoma Series
Tennessee and Oklahoma have played just four times dating back to 1939, but played twice in the last 11 years.
The Sooners rallied from down 17-0 at Neyland Stadium in September 2015 to win 31-24 in overtime with quarterback Baker Mayfield leading the comeback.
Tennessee had gone to Oklahoma the season before, losing 34-10 in Norman in the second year under former head coach Butch Jones.
The first two meetings were in the Orange Bowl. Oklahoma won 26-24 on New Year’s Day in 1968 in Miami and Tennessee won 17-0 on January 2, 1939.
The 1939 Orange Bowl win capped a perfect 11-0 season for the Vols, who were named national champions by multiple outlets.
Tennessee gave up just 16 total points over the 11 games and shut out seven of its final eight opponents that season. The Vols didn’t allow a single point during the regular season in 1939, shutting out 15 straight opponents dating back to the 1938 season, before losing to USC 14-0 in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day 1940.
