We have an exciting college football game on Saturday as the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers will be hosting the Missouri Tigers. Missouri comes into this one at 4-5 on the season and has played some impressive football for parts throughout the year. In some of their recent games, they’ve even shown the ability to beat a top-25 team.
Tennessee, on the other hand, comes into this one as the number five ranked team in the country, as they’re currently 8-1 overall. Their most recent loss against the number one-ranked Georgia Bulldogs was a disappointment, but they still have an opportunity of making the college football playoffs if things don’t go their way. This is going to be one of the best NCAAF matchups of the week because Tennessee has a chance of still playing in a college football playoff.
Continue reading below for our Missouri vs Tennessee prediction and find out who we’re going to be backing in this game.
Last Game Records
Tennessee finally lost its first game of the year against the Georgia Bulldogs a week ago. The Tennessee football schedule hasn’t been easy by any means, but it certainly won’t get any easier going forward.
They still have three games remaining in the SEC and although they are better than those three teams, they have to continue playing good football because they want to win these games. Missouri is going to be coming into this one after a tough 21-17 loss against the University of Kentucky at home. Their inability to get anything going on the offensive side of the football before the fourth quarter was the reason for this loss.
Matchup Information
Missouri Tigers vs. Tennessee Volunteers Betting Analysis
Missouri Tigers Content
The Missouri football team stats are a bit interesting. When looking at what they’ve been able to do this season, it’s evident that this team does struggle on the offensive side of the football. For the most part, they’ve been held under 23 points for the entirety of the season. If they can come out and continue doing what they’ve done on the defensive side of the football, maybe this one will get interesting, but their lack of offense is going to come back to hurt them.
They’ve had to deal with some college football injuries, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t still be a good team. Quarterback Brady Cook has played well for the Tigers, but he’s turned the ball over a few too many times. If he finds a way to limit his turnovers, this is a game that they could possibly sneak out
Tennessee Volunteers Content
Tennessee comes into this one as arguably the best team in the entire country. Losing one game against the Georgia Bulldogs won’t change that. The NCAAF schedule that they’ve had to deal with has been tough, but Tennessee has continued to win games at an elite level.
The one thing to watch out for here’s what they do on the offensive side of the football. There’s a reason why people believe that Tennessee is still one of the top four teams in all of college football and deserves to be in the college football standings. This team is going to need a miracle at this point if they want to make the college football playoffs, as it’s not going to be an easy task to do so with one loss, but Tennessee certainly has the resume to do so. Their offense has to come out and continue scoring points at an elite level, as they’ve been able to do for the entire year outside of one game against the best defense in the country. They need to move up in the NCAAF standings.
Updates
Fortunately for our Missouri vs Tennessee prediction, there are no new updates about injuries. This is always a good sign as the players are able to stay healthy, that are of significance at the moment.
Missouri Tigers vs. Tennessee Volunteers Betting Preview
The NCAA football stats coming into this game are going to be the reason why the odds currently look the way that they do. Tennessee is going to be coming into this one at – 20.5 on the spread line, while Missouri will be coming in at + 20.5 for -110 odds as well. Tennessee is going to have a money line of – 1500, while Missouri will have a money line of + 900. The over-under in this game is going to be slotted at 56.5, and that could be a good idea to take, considering that Tennessee has a real opportunity of scoring that many points just by themselves.
Missouri Tigers vs. Tennessee Volunteers Betting Prediction
We are finally here with our Missouri vs Tennessee prediction, and the best bet in this game is going to be taking Tennessee to win by -20.5. Fortunately for everybody, we’re also going to have two plays in this game.
Let’s talk about the first one first, however. Tennessee is going to be coming into this game as arguably still the best team in the entire country, and anybody saying differently right now is being biased because of one game. Tennessee should come back in this game and show everybody that they still have the ability to be the top team in the nation. If they come out and play angry as they should, this is a game that they should easily come away with and win by at least three touchdowns. There’s a real opportunity that they might even by more than three touchdowns.
The next best bet in this game is going to be taking me over, and the reason we love that bet this week is that if Tennessee comes out and continues doing what they’ve done on the offensive side of the football while trying to score points at an elite level because they realize that they need to if they want to make the college football playoffs at this point, this is a perfect spot for them to score at least 45-plus points by themselves. I personally think that they’re going to almost 50 over just by themselves, and if we can get any bit of help from Missouri, this is a game that should easily hit the over.
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