Alabama opens as considerable betting favorite over Tennessee
The betting line has been released for No. 1-ranked Alabamaās Week 8 home game against the Tennessee Volunteers. And the Crimson Tide is a double-digit betting favorite over the fifth SEC opponent on its 2017 schedule, according to VegasInsider.com.
Alabama opened as a 33-point favorite over Tennessee, according to VegasInsider. But since opening, the betting line has moved to -34 in favor of the top-ranked Crimson Tide.
The Vols have posted a 3-3 (0-3 SEC) record to begin the season and recently lost at home to South Carolina, 15-9. Tennessee hasnāt scored a touchdown in its last two SEC games.
Alabama and Tennessee will meet for the 100th time in a series that the Crimson Tide leads, 52-38-7 (53-37-8 actual). The rivalry dates back to 1901, when the two teams first finished in a 6-6 tie in Birmingham. The Crimson Tide has won the last 10 meetings and seeks its 11th straight series win for the first time since an 11-game winning streak from 1971-81.
The Tide and Vols have met every year since 1928, with the exception of the 1943 season when neither school fielded a football team because of World War II. Alabama won the most recent meeting a season ago in Knoxville, Tenn., by a score of 49-10.
Alabama-Tennessee will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 21, and will air on CBS.
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The betting line has been released for No. 1-ranked Alabamaās Week 8 home game against the Tennessee Volunteers. And the Crimson Tide is a double-digit betting favorite over the fifth SEC opponent on its 2017 schedule, according to VegasInsider.com.
Alabama opened as a 33-point favorite over Tennessee, according to VegasInsider. But since opening, the betting line has moved to -34 in favor of the top-ranked Crimson Tide.
The Vols have posted a 3-3 (0-3 SEC) record to begin the season and recently lost at home to South Carolina, 15-9. Tennessee hasnāt scored a touchdown in its last two SEC games.
Alabama and Tennessee will meet for the 100th time in a series that the Crimson Tide leads, 52-38-7 (53-37-8 actual). The rivalry dates back to 1901, when the two teams first finished in a 6-6 tie in Birmingham. The Crimson Tide has won the last 10 meetings and seeks its 11th straight series win for the first time since an 11-game winning streak from 1971-81.
The Tide and Vols have met every year since 1928, with the exception of the 1943 season when neither school fielded a football team because of World War II. Alabama won the most recent meeting a season ago in Knoxville, Tenn., by a score of 49-10.
Alabama-Tennessee will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 21, and will air on CBS.
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