No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kentucky: How to watch, stream and listen
The second bye week has come and gone and Dark Mode has returned to Neyland Stadium for No. 7 Tennessee’s game against Kentucky Saturday night, with the Vols (6-1, 3-1 SEC) and Wildcats (3-5, 1-5) are scheduled for a 7:45 Eastern Time start on SEC Network.
Tennessee was off last week and is coming off back-to-back home wins over Florida, 23-17 in overtime, and Alabama 24-17. The Vols will stay at Neyland next week, too, hosting Mississippi State in a fourth straight home game.
Kentucky has lost three straight, losing 20-13 at home to Vanderbilt, 48-20 at Florida two weeks ago and 24-10 at home against Auburn last week.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kentucky: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: SEC Network
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
Sirius XM Radio: Channel 158 or 191 (Ch. 961 Sirius XM App)
The Spread: Vols move to 17.5-point favorite
Tennessee opened as a 14.5-point favorite against Kentucky late last week. The line went from 15.5 points on Sunday to 16.5 points on Tuesday, according to The Action Network, then to 17.5 points on Thursday.
The 17.5-point spread is the third largest spread for a Tennessee game this season. The Vols were 49-point favorites against Kent State on September 14 and 39.5-point favorites against Chattanooga in the season opener on August 31 at Neyland Stadium.
Tennessee is 5-2 against the spread this season. 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) and against Florida (-14).
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A Closer Look: Kentucky
Kentucky led Auburn 10-0 at the end of the first quarter, but the TIgers scored 24 straight points while shutting UK out over the final three quarters.
Auburn ran for 328 yards on 47 attempts as a team, with Marquez Hunter going for 278 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries.
Kentucky has questions to answer at quarterback, too, after Brock Vandagriff was replaced by Gavin Wimsatt against Auburn.
Vandagriff completed 9 of 17 passes for 120 yards and an interception against Kentucky. Wimsatt was 3-for-10 for 34 yards and an interception and ran nine times for 23 yards.
Vandagriff this season is completing 57.1 percent of his passes, throwing for 1,236 yards, six touchdowns and five interceptions. Wimsatt, a Rutgers transfer, is more of a running threat. He’s 8-for-20 for 93 yards passing with two interceptions this season and has ran 42 times for 151 yards and two touchdowns.
