Latest bowl projection for Tennessee football in Week 13

Updated bowl projection for Tennessee football in Week 13.

Two weeks remain in the regular-season ahead of conference championship games in Week 15.

Tennessee (8-2, 5-2 SEC) will host UTEP (2-8, 2-5 C-USA) on Saturday in its final regular-season home game at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff between the Vols and Miners is slated for 1 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+. Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Foz Whitaker (analyst) and Marilyn Payne (sideline reporter) will be on the call.

Saturday’s Week 13 contest will also mark senior day for the Vols.

“Everyone keeps asking me if I’m excited or ready for it, and I don’t really know how to feel about it,” Tennessee senior tight end Miles Kitselman said of Saturday’s game. “I’m definitely sad. I don’t think the emotions have quite hit me yet. I wish I had a lot more time here in Knoxville, it’s a great place. I think I have enjoyed my time here a lot. I’m just really excited to go out there and play in Neyland. Hopefully not for the last time, but I’m just really excited.”

Ahead of the Tennessee-UTEP game, updated college football bowl projections were released. USA TODAY projects the Vols to play Illinois in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31.

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