Tennessee Football Predictions, Betting Tips & Team Preview 2023: WagerTalk Best Betting Guide

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30 June 2023

Tennessee Football Predictions & Preview 2023:

Expert college football handicapper Ron Marmalefsky runs down Tennessee’s chances for 2023 and provides expert tips for betting on Tennessee in 2023.

Ron looks at areas to watch, favorability of schedule, offers a predicted record for Tennessee football in 2023 and offers some handicapping tips for betting on Tennessee this season.

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Josh Heupel runs his offense at warp speed, and it’s taken the SEC by storm. Only Georgia held this team under 38 points until the Vols “only” scored 31 in a 17-point victory over Clemson, a more than solid defensive team.

Obviously, going quickly puts a burden on their defense, which was already underachieving. If the Vols want to be firmly in top ten conversations then this side of the ball needs to improve.

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Tennessee Football Predictions: AREAS TO WATCH

The areas I will chart are defensive sacks and the new kicker. The offense tends to run itself and there’s not much to check, as I believe the OL will perform similarly to last year.

The leading returning sacker(s) had just three. To take the pressure off the secondary, Tennessee need to find upgrade their pass rush. The run defense was a stout 3.55-120+ last year.

I’m only moving that number up slightly, but this area is a bit thin, so I’ll check the numbers out in case there’s even more slippage. The new kicker comes from Indiana (39-51, but just 14-20 last year, with some misses from close range).

Tennessee Football2023 Predictions, Tennessee Schedule:

After a 2-0 start Tennessee travels to Florida. This is hardly a certain victory, but it is a necessary one for this team to have top ten aspirations.

While hosting UTSA should result in a win, that team is loaded and will give me excellent data points as to Tennessee’s defense vs. an AAC level team. Having a week off should help this team’s focus before they host Texas A&M, a team certainly capable of a “mild” upset.

It should also help the pass defense as they try to show improvement over ’22 numbers. While host Alabama is likely to extract revenge (straight-up) over this team, my task will be what happens AFTER that game.

They stay on the road to face Kentucky (44-6 last year, 45-42 at their place in ’21), and if there’s any hangover from the Alabama game that could be an issue.

3-1 in November is possible if they take care of business at Missouri. 4-0 would require a win over visiting Georgia. I need to determine if there’s any Georgia lookahead before that Missouri game.

Tennessee Football Bottom Line:

11-2 was outstanding last year, and achieved despite a suspect secondary. Another double-digit win record is not only possible, but expected?

Team talent is likely close to last year’s unit, but I have concerns about the “trap” games. Can the pass rush deliver more than what might be expected? Can the kicking game succeed?

I have a feeling Tennessee will look awfully good at times, but might also slip once or twice when not expected.

Tennessee Football HANDICAPPING TIP:

I’m just 7-10 ATS of late with this team. I’m concerned 9/23 vs. UTSA, 10/28 at Kentucky after facing Alabama, and 11/11 at Missouri the week before they face Georgia.

I think they’ll be competitive vs. Georgia, and if the other check points pan out, I will back them at other times.

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