Updating the betting line for No. 7 Tennessee's game at No. 2 Georgia
Tennessee Football is an 8.5-point underdog for next week’s game at Georgia, according to updated odds from DraftKings. The Vols were initially set as 16.5-point underdogs when early lines were released for the game back in May.
No. 7 Tennessee (7-1, 4-1 SEC) and No. 2 Georgia (7-1, 5-1) are scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time start on ABC next Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens.
The Vols are 24.5-point favorites for Saturday night’s game against Mississippi State at Neyland Stadium, in the 7 p.m. ET start on ESPN. Georgia is a 2.5-point road favorite for Saturday afternoon’s game at Ole Miss.
Tennessee is 5-3 against the spread this season but has covered just once over the last four games.
The Vols covered against Chattanooga (-39.5), NC State (-8.5), Kent State (-49), at Oklahoma (-5.5) and at home against Alabama (+3.5). They failed to cover at Arkansas (-14), against Florida (-14) and Kentucky (-17.5).
Georgia is 2-6 against the spread this season, covering against Clemson as a 10.5-point favorite and at Texas as a 4-point underdog. The Dawgs failed to cover against Tennessee Tech (-54.5), Kentucky (-22), Alabama (-2), Auburn (-21.5), Mississippi State (-33.5) and Florida (-14.5).
No. 7 Tennessee at No. 2 Georgia: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ABC
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
A Closer Look: Georgia
The lone loss for Georgia this season was at Alabama, 41-34. Georgia trailed 28-0 in the second quarter in Tuscaloosa, rallied to take a 34-33 lead with 2:31 left, then lost on a 75-yard Alabama touchdown pass just 13 seconds later.
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Georgia beat then-No. 1 Texas 30-15 in Austin on October 19 and had to survive Kentucky for a 13-12 win in Lexington in Week 3.
The Bulldogs go to No. 16 Ole Miss this week for a 3:30 p.m. ET start in Oxford on ABC. Tennessee hosts Mississippi State in a 7 p.m. ET start on ESPN at Neyland Stadium.
The Series: Tennessee-Georgia
Georgia leads the all-time series against Tennessee 28-23-2. The Bulldogs have won seven straight in the series and 12 of the last 14, dating back to 2010.
Tennessee won back-to-back games against Georgia in 2015 and 2016, winning 38-31 in Knoxville and 34-31 in Athens.
The Vols trailed 24-3 midway through the second quarter at Neyland Stadium in 2015, before rallying to outscore the Bulldogs 35-7 from there. The 2016 game at Sanford Stadium ended with the 43-yard Hail Mary from Joshua Dobbs to Jauan Jennings, only moments after Georgia had gone ahead on a 47-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left.
Tennessee won nine straight in the series between 1989 and 1999, then Georgia answered with four straight from 2000 to 2003 and five of six through 2005.
The two teams first met in 1989, with Tennessee winning 5-0 in Knoxville. Georgia won 5-0 in Knoxville in the next meeting, in 1903.
