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Virginia vs. Tennessee odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Thursday’s Virginia vs. Tennessee odds and lines, with college basketball expert picks, predictions and best bets.

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The Virginia Cavaliers (3-0) and the No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers (4-0) meet Thursday at Baha Mar Convention Center in Nassau, Bahamas. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Virginia vs. Tennessee odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.

The Cavaliers are unbeaten through 3 games, but no one is beating their chest about beating the Campbell Camels or Coppin State Eagles. In fact, UVA failed to cover either of those games as the Under cashed in both. However, the Hoos posted an impressive 70-60 win over the Villanova Wildcats Friday as a 4-point underdog while the Over (128) cashed at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore in a neutral-floor battle.

The Volunteers have rolled to 4 wins in 4 tries, while covering the past 3 outings. They’ve averaged 97.5 points in the past 2 wins over the Austin Peay Governors and Montana Grizzlies, although that isn’t exactly a challenging schedule. However, the Vols have a 77-55 win at the Louisville Csrdinals under their belt on Nov. 9, which does move the needle a little bit.

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Virginia vs. Tennessee odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds. Lines last updated at 8:39 a.m. ET.

  • Moneyline (ML): Virginia +640 (bet $100 to win $640) | Tennessee -1000 (bet $1,000 to win $100)
  • Against the spread (ATS): Virginia +12.5 (-110) | Tennessee -12.5 (-110)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 125.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

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Virginia vs. Tennessee picks and predictions

Prediction

Tennessee 69, Virginia 61

Moneyline

Tennessee (-1000) will cost you 10 times your potential return, or a $100 wager will return a profit of just $10. That’s way too much risk for not enough reward, and backing such heavy favorites regularly over the long term is a poor betting strategy.

PASS.

Against the spread

Back VIRGINIA +12.5 (-110) to slow down the pace and keep this game at least within single digits in the nightcap of this Bahamas event.

Tennessee -12.5 (-110) has covered 3 in a row with each of those victories by a winning margin of 22 or more points.

While UVA has posted a 1-2 ATS mark so far, it has covered and won outright in its only previous game as an underdog.

Over/Under

OVER 125.5 (-110) is worth a look, as the Volunteers have the potential to crack the code of the Cavaliers defense.

Tennessee has scored 77 or more points in all 4 games to date, but really only the win over Louisville is particularly notable. Still, the Vols rank No. 1 in the nation with a 58.1% field-goal percentage, and it’s bombs away with a 41.6% mark from behind the 3-point line.

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Virginia vs. Tennessee odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Saturday’s Virginia vs. Tennessee odds and lines, with college football expert picks, predictions and best bets.

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The Virginia Cavaliers and the Tennessee Volunteers open the regular season at Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET (ABC). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Virginia vs. Tennessee odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.

While technically this is a neutral-site game, don’t be mistaken. There will be plenty of burnt orange in the stands in the Music City, and few supporters of the Hoos, making this a home game for the Vols.

Virginia won just 3 games last season under new coach Tony Elliott, and the team canceled 2 games due to the terrible shooting deaths of 3 Cavaliers players. It was an awful season on and off the field in Charlottesville.

The bad news is that UVA has just 9 total starters returning, QB Brennan Armstrong is now under center for ACC rival NC State, and the offense is in shambles. The defense has some talent, especially along the defensive line, but if the offense can’t maintain long drives, the D will get tired out quickly.

The Volunteers enter the new campaign as a top-10 team. While Tennessee lost QB Hendon Hooker to the NFL, QB Joe Milton III is more than capable of running the offense, and running it well. He’ll have to do without WR Jalin Hyatt, also NFL-bound, but he still has WRs Bru McCoy and Squirrel White at his disposal.

Tennessee is No. 10 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

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Virginia vs. Tennessee odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 1:01 a.m. ET.

  • Moneyline (ML): Virginia +1350 (bet $100 to win $1,350) | Tennessee -5000 (bet $5,000 to win $100)
  • Against the spread (ATS): Virginia +28 (-110) | Tennessee -28 (-110)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 56.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)

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Virginia vs. Tennessee picks and predictions

Prediction

Tennessee 45, Virginia 13

Moneyline

Tennessee (-5000) is going to win this game, and win it handily, but no one needs $2 bad enough to risk $100. Not even the kid from Better Off Dead wants $2 that much.

PASS.

Against the spread

TENNESSE -28 (-110) laying 4 TDs seems like a lot. But the Volunteers have a prolific offense with plenty of downfield threats, while Virginia +28 (-110) will apply very little pressure from its defensive front, and the Hoos will offer very little resistance as a whole.

The Cavaliers are in shambles on offense, and it’s hard to see them getting much more than into the teens.

Over/Under

OVER 56.5 (-105) is the lean, but go lightly.

While I expect Tennessee to be able to score at will, I have my doubts that Virginia will contribute very much to the scoring. Do the Vols have enough on offense to do most of the heavy lifting to get this across the finish line? Maybe. I think the Vols get well into the 40’s, but the 50’s might be a bit ambitious in the opener. Still, go high, just be careful.

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First look: Virginia vs. Tennessee odds and lines

Looking at Saturday’s Virginia vs. Tennessee college football odds, lines and trends. Here’s what you need to know.

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The Virginia Cavaliers and the Tennessee Volunteers open the regular season on Saturday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Kickoff is scheduled for noon ET (ABC). Below, we look at Virginia vs. Tennessee odds from BetMGM Sportsbook. Also see: SportsbookWire’s college football picks and predictions.

The Cavaliers head to Nashville for the 1st time since playing in the Music City Bowl back on Dec. 30, 2005, a 34-31 win over Minnesota, by the way. Virginia went just 3-7 last season in coach Tony Elliott’s debut, and it had a sad ending to the season when 3 players were murdered in November by a former player.

Virginia heads into the 2023 season with a lot of new faces, including QB Tony Muskett, a transfer from FCS Monmouth. He will be tasked with getting Elliott’s pro-style, timing-based offense up and moving. The team not only has a new signal caller, but the top 4 wideouts are gone, too. Yikes.

Tennessee begins the post-Hendon Hooker era in pretty good shape with QB Joe Milton III. Wideouts Jalin Hyatt and Cedric Tillman are gone to the NFL, but there are still plenty of downfield threats available with former USC receiver Bru McCoy and Squirrel White leading the way. The Vols have 3 competent backs to shoulder the load, too.

Tennessee is No. 10 in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll.

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Virginia vs. Tennessee odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Sunday at 7:21  p.m. ET.

  • Moneyline (ML): Virginia +1350 (bet $100 to win $1,350) | Tennessee -5000 (bet $5,000 to win $100)
  • Against the spread (ATS): Virginia +28 (-110) | Tennessee -28 (-110)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 57.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

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2022 betting stats

  • ML: Virginia 3-7 | Tennessee 11-2
  • ATS: Virginia 4-6 | Tennessee 10-3
  • O/U: Virginia 2-7-1 | Tennessee 7-6

Virginia vs. Tennessee head-to-head

The Volunteers lead the all-time series 3-1, with the last meeting coming on Jan. 1, 1991 in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The Vols won a 23-22 thriller that evening. The other 3 meetings were in Knoxville in 1927, 1940 and 1980. The latter was a 16-13 road win for the Hoos on Nov. 1, 1980, and that’s the last time these teams squared off in the Volunteer State until Saturday.

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