College football national championship odds updated in Week 5: Tennessee, Clemson surge

Tennessee Football Josh Heupel, Nico Iamaleava & James Pearce Talk Citrus Bowl Win BetOnline has Tennessee football at 25/1 to win the 2025 College Football National Championship, according to odds released on Wednesday. Only nine teams, including five Southeastern Conference teams, had the same odds or better odds than the Vols. Tennessee was tied…

Our college football betting picks are calling for points aplenty when South Carolina visits Tennessee, with Gamecocks QB Spencer Rattler being tasked with keeping his team in the hunt. There's value to be had in one of his props as a result. No. 21 Tennessee will welcome the Gamecocks to town in an SEC affair when South Carolina travels to…

11-2, a flirtation with the College Football Playoff, a dominant Orange Bowl win over Clemson - Josh Heupel has set the bar pretty high at Tennessee in just two short seasons. Now entering year three, Heupel is tasked with backing that performance up, and he'll have to do it with a bit of a reloaded roster. Heupel turns to Joe Milton, who will get…

Teams from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) have dominated college football action in the last decade. Six of the previous ten National Championship winners have come from this conference, as the LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Georgia Bulldogs have split each of the last four national titles. The Bulldogs enter the new season as the…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee players at SEC media days on Thursday weren't shy about voicing their goal for the 2023 season, a year removed from the Vols winning 11 games for the first time in more than two decades. That goal: Win the SEC's Eastern Division, which would mean unseating two-time defending national champion Georgia. "That first…

With the Oklahoma Sooners heading to the SEC next year, Tennessee Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel has the opportunity to face off against his college alma mater. At the SEC spring meeting, Heupel was asked about his former Oklahoma teammates, his relationship with them to this day, and what type of quarterback he was. "Oh, that's way too far in…

Tennessee football has the 12th best odds to win the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship, according to Vegas Insider. The Vols are+2200 at Caesars Sportsbook, +2800 at DraftKings and+3000 at FanDuel, BetMGM and PointsBet. Georgia is the favorite to win a third straight national title, ahead of Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan and USC.…

Rocky Top, you'll always be, home sweet home to me! After enduring one of the more successful seasons in recent program history, the Tennessee Volunteers are back at it again to prove that the 2022 season was certainly no fluke. Let's check out our college football odds series where our Tennessee over/under win total prediction and pick will be…

Tennessee is rearing to go for the next football season, especially considering how the last one went on Rocky Top. Still, of all the games on their schedule, three stand out above the rest in Knoxville and, now, the Volunteers know where they stand before all three this fall. Vegas recently released new, updated odds for a trio of key games for…

Star quarterback out for the season. Biletnikoff Award winner on to the professional ranks. Multiple offensive opt-outs. The odds were stacked against Tennessee heading into the Orange Bowl. Clemson was riding a wave of momentum into the game after starting freshman quarterback Cade Klubnik in the ACC Championship Game. However, the Volunteers…

College football bowl season is one of the most action-packed times of the year and there are five more bowls on the schedule for Friday, including a high-profile matchup between a pair of top-10 teams in the 2022 Orange Bowl. No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson will go head-to-head in a battle between teams who had their College Football Playoff…

The first New Year's Six Bowl game of this postseason headlines the slate on Friday when No. 6 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson meet in the Orange Bowl. The Volunteers had eyes on a College Football Playoff berth deep into November, but a blowout loss to South Carolina ended those hopes. The Tigers returned to the top of the ACC thanks to the work of…

Clemson vs Tennessee prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Capital One Orange Bowl, Friday, December 30 Date: Friday, December 30 Game Time: 8:00 ET Venue: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL How To Watch: ESPN Record: Clemson (11-2), Tennessee (10-2) - - This would've been so awesome if everyone was in place in a College Football Playoff…

The Clemson Tigers have one of college football's top 25 scoring offenses, averaging 34.7 points per game. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney isn't sure that clip will cut it against Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. "If you're playing Tennessee, you better score," Swinney said Wednesday afternoon. "If we don't score, we've got no chance, because these guys…

Two road games to close out the regular season are on the plate for Tennessee football as they try to remain in the College Football Playoff hunt, and the toughest of those comes this weekend. The Vols, 9-1 and ranked No. 5 in both polls, will visit the South Carolina Gamecocks, who are 6-4. It's a matchup between two second-year head coaches in…

Before we go down the road of how Tennessee reaches the Playoff, we have to set ground rules. 1. There are no rules. 2. See, Rule 1. Anyone who says Tennessee is in good position, or a lock if it wins out, or there's no way the Playoff selection committee can overlook the Vols' résumé, clearly hasn't been following the previous 8 years. The Playoff…

There aren't many programs that have been as consistent in the 21st Century as the Oklahoma Sooners. It has been one of the best teams in college football in nearly every season since it hired Bob Stoops in 1999, and that success continued when Lincoln Riley succeeded Stoops in 2019. Disregarding the first season under Stoops, Oklahoma has won…

Welcome to the Playoff party, Tennessee. Been a long time coming, but it's good to finally see you again. Your arrival gift? A date with Alabama. "Everybody knows who's coming to town next weekend, and the opportunity we have in front of us," Tennessee coach Josh Heupel told reporters. Now everyone knows Tennessee, too. This is what happens when…

A pair of SEC rivals meet on Rocky Top as Tennessee hosts Florida to renew the old animosity in college football's Week 4 action on Saturday. This time, the matchup has the added benefit of both teams being featured in the AP top 25 rankings, with a ton on the line in the East Division standings. Here's what you need to know about the matchup this…

The Akron Zips take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Check out our college football odds series for our Akron Tennessee prediction and pick. The Tennessee Volunteers did what they absolutely had to do in Week 2: Win. It didn't need to be pretty. It didn't need to be dominant. The Vols just had to beat Pittsburgh, someway and somehow, after losing to…

college football odds series for our Tennessee Pittsburgh prediction and pick. The Tennessee Volunteers have not won the SEC championship since 1998. This is nearly a quarter-century title drought for a very proud program with a rich tradition. Tennessee made the SEC Championship Game in 2001, 2004, and 2007 under former coach Phil Fulmer, but lost…

College Football Power Index picks, predictions for Tennessee vs. Ball State Tennessee kicks off Year 2 of the Josh Heupel experience on Saturday against Ball State in Week 1 of the 2022 college football schedule. Hendon Hooker is back at quarterback as one of the SEC's best returning players to lead a Vols offense that ranked top 10 nationally a…

In head coach Josh Heupel's first year at Tennessee, the Volunteers went 7-6 and finished third in the SEC East. Heupel brought his high-octane offense from UCF to Rocky Top, and the Vols were seventh in points per game and ninth in total offensive yards per game. Frankly, the offense had to be that potent as the defense let up 29.1 points per game…

Even after its breakthrough 2022 campaign, which included an 11-2 record and an Orange Bowl victory, there's at least one achievement that remains elusive for Tennessee football under Josh Heupel: an SEC East division title and appearance in the conference championship game. The Vols haven't made it to Atlanta for the SEC championship game since…