National media outlet predicts when the Tennessee Vols will lose their first game in 2025
CBS Sports recently predicted when each SEC program will lose its first game in 2025, and they don’t have the Tennessee Vols going undefeated in the first month of the season. The national sports media outlet predicted that Tennessee will lose its first game on September 13 when the Georgia Bulldogs visit Knoxville. From CBS […]
CBS Sports recently predicted when each SEC program will lose its first game in 2025, and they don’t have the Tennessee Vols going undefeated in the first month of the season.
The national sports media outlet predicted that Tennessee will lose its first game on September 13 when the Georgia Bulldogs visit Knoxville.
From CBS Sports: Kirby Smart owns Tennessee. He hasn’t lost to the Vols since quarterback Joshua Dobbs hooked up with wide receiver Jauan Jennings on a last-second Hail Mary to win in Athens during the 2016 season. And given Tennessee’s changes at the quarterback spot this fall, this is going to be a tough ask for whoever Josh Heupel picks to lead under center this early in the campaign against the reigning league champions.
Tennessee’s last home loss came in 2023 against the Bulldogs (that’s the Vols’ only loss in Knoxville since 2021).
If the Vols manage to knock off Georgia for the first time since 2016, it will put Tennessee in the driver’s seat for a spot in the College Football Playoff. A win against the Bulldogs in September would basically mean that road matchups later in the season against the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators are no longer must-win games (as long as the Vols take care of business their nine other regular season games). That would be great news for Tennessee considering the Vols haven’t won in Tuscaloosa or Gainesville since 2003.
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