How To Watch: No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kent State
Tennessee Football is back home to host Kent State on Saturday night at Neyland Stadium, scheduled for a 7:45 Eastern Time start on SEC Network. Tom Hart will be on the call for SEC Network, with Jordan Rogers as the analyst and Cole Cubelic as the sideline reporter.
The Tennessee radio broadcast can be heard on Vol Network affiliates across the state, with Bob Kesling, Pat Ryan, Brent Hubbs and Jayson Swain. The game can be streamed on the ESPN app. The Satellite radio broadcast will be on SiriusXM Channel 161 or 190, along with Channel 960 on the XM app.
Tennessee (2-0) beat North Carolina State 51-10 in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte on Saturday night, after opening the season with a 69-3 win over Chattanooga on August 31. Kent State (0-2) lost to St. Francis (PA) at home on Saturday after losing at Pitt to open the season.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kent State: How To Watch
Kickoff Time: Saturday, 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: SEC Network
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.
Location: Neyland Stadium (101,915)
The Line: Tennessee -48.5
A Closer Look: Kent State Golden Flashes
Kent State lost 23-17 to St. Francis (PA) at home on Saturday at home. The Red Flash, an FCS program in the Northeast Conference, led 20-7 late in the first half and ended the game with 402 total yards, running for 207 and passing for 195.
St. Francis was a 19.5-point underdog before winning at Kent State.
Kent State went just 2-for-14 on third down and had just 280 total yards in the loss. The Golden Flashes dropped to 0-2 after losing 55-24 at Pitt last week.
Kent State ranked dead last at No. 134 in ESPN’s Football Power Index. The FPI has a projected win-loss record of 1.6-10.4 for the Golden Flashes, with just an 0.4% chance to win six games this season.
Last season Kent State finished 1-11, with the lone win coming against Central Connecticut State, 38-10 last September against another FCS program from the Northeast Conference.
Kent State goes to Penn State next week, after the trip to Tennessee.
Kent State ranked No. 134 in ESPN’s Football Power Index
Kent State ranked dead last at No. 134 in ESPN’s Football Power Index. The FPI has a projected win-loss record of 1.6-10.4 for the Golden Flashes, with just an 0.4% chance to win six games this season.
Last season Kent State finished 1-11, with the lone win coming against Central Connecticut State, 38-10 last September against another FCS program from the Northeast Conference.
Kent State goes to Penn State next week, after the trip to Tennessee.
In 2022 Kent State finished 5-7, with wins over Ohio, Akron, Bowling Green and Buffalo over the final eight games of the season.
Former Kent State head coach Sean Lewis went 24-31 in five seasons with the Golden Flashes, including seven-win seasons in 2019 and 2021, before leaving in 2022 to join Deion Sanders as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He left after one season at Colorado to become the new head coach at San Diego State.
Kent State hired head coach Kenni Burns away from Minnesota, where he coached running backs and was associate head coach.
