Kickoff time, TV information announced for Tennessee Football vs. Vanderbilt

Tennessee Football’s regular-season finale against Vanderbilt on Senior Day on November 29 at Neyland Stadium will be a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time start on either ABC or ESPN. The SEC announced the full Week 14 schedule on Monday.

The Vanderbilt game was previously set for the afternoon kickoff window, meaning a start time between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

The Vols (7-3, 3-3 SEC) go to Florida (3-7, 2-5) on Saturday night for a 7:30 Eastern Time start on ABC at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.

Vanderbilt hosts Kentucky this week in a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time start on ESPN at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville. The Commodores were off last week, after rallying to beat Auburn 45-38 on November 8. 

Tennessee leads Vanderbilt series 79-33-5

Vanderbilt currently has a 10% chance to make the College Football Playoff, according to the ESPN Playoff Predictor. The odds would go up to 33% should Vandy beat both Kentucky and Tennessee to end the regular season at 10-2. 

A loss to the Vols would drop Vandy to less than a 1% chance to make the playoff.

Vandy started the season 5-0 with home wins over Charleston Southern, Georgia State and Utah State, along with road wins at Virginia Tech and South Carolina. 

Alabama beat Vanderbilt 30-14 in Tuscaloosa on October 4, but the Dores have bounced back with three wins over their last four, beating LSU 31-24 and Missouri 17-10 before a 34-31 road loss at Texas, then the home win over Auburn.

The Vanderbilt series is Tennessee’s oldest, with its 119 games dating back to 1892. The Vols lead the series 79-33-5.

Vanderbilt won five of seven in the series between 2012 and 2018, after Tennessee won 28 of 29 from 1983 to 2011. The Vols won 22 straight between 1982 and 2004, before Vandy won 28-24 in Knoxville in 2005. Of Vandy’s 33 wins, 19 came before 1927. 

Tennessee opened as 3.5-point road favorite at Florida

 Sunday afternoon opened as a 3.5-point favorite for Saturday night’s game at Florida with the total set at 57.5, according to numbers released by BetMGM.

The Vols are 4-6 against the spread this season, covering a 13.5-point spread against Syracuse, a 39.5-point spread against ETSU, as a 3.5-point underdog against Georgia and as an 8.5-point favorite at Kentucky.

Tennessee has failed to cover a 38.5-point spread against UAB, a 7.5-point spread at Mississippi State, a 10.5-point spread against Arkansas, an 8.5-point spread at Alabama, a 3.5-point spread against Oklahoma and a 42.5-point spread against New Mexico State.

The over hit in Tennessee’s first five games and the under has hit in three of the last five.