Tennessee Football Preview: No. 5 Vols Host the Missouri Tigers

The University of Missouri is 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the SEC. They play very good defense under DC Blake Baker. The team is also good against the spread, going 6-3 against spreads this season. Tennessee is 7-2 ATS. Over/Under is 56.5. The line opened around -20. 5. This is the first time a Tennessee game has been under 60 this year. It's evenly split between game Overs and Unders.

No. 5 Tennessee hosts Missouri Tigers on Saturday. The game will be decided on defense. Missouri's offense is not very good. Tennessee's defense is outstanding. The team has not scored more than 23 points against any of its seven Power 5 opponents this year. They have played several offenses that rank inside the top half of the SEC. Their opponents have ranked in the bottom half. Tim Banks brought the same pressure against Kentucky as he did against the other top-flight offenses.

Tennessee's offense was swallowed up by Georgia's pass rush in Athens. The Vols will try to play a more basic game at home against Missouri. Missouri's defensive coordinator Eli Drinkwitz got a raise and an extension this week. He will earn $6 million next season. Desiree Reed-Francois was an associate AD at Tennessee from 2008 to 2012. She was in charge of basketball operations at the time. He was also advising Mike Hamilton on how to handle the NCAA. This is interesting. Eli got the raise despite a 2-4 record in the SEC. His contract was extended.