The third Saturday of October is here, and all Alabama Crimson Tide fans know what that means. The Tide will take on their bitter rivals, the Tennessee Volunteers, in a top-10 matchup for all the cigars, literally.
Alabama enters the match-up on a 15-game winning streak against the Volunteers that lasts the entirety of Nick Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa. The Tide leads the all-time series 58-38-7, but this may be one of the better teams Tennessee has had as they have a Heisman hopeful at quarterback in Hendon Hooker as well as being ranked as one of the best teams in the country and they remain undefeated.
The toughest part of the match-up for the Tide is the fact that this game will be in Knoxville. Alabama opened up as a 7.5-point favorite and the expectation is that Bryce Young will be close to 100% and play. Even if the Volunteers find a way to win on Saturday, they have a lot of work to do to close the gap in the all-time series history. Here are the results of the last 15 match-ups.