ESPN’s SP+ weighed in on another big SEC divisional matchup as Tennessee travels to Columbia to face Missouri in Week 11.
Both teams are fighting for position in the SEC East with 2 losses on the year.
The Volunteers are 4-1 in their last 5 games. Tennessee beat UConn on Homecoming Saturday by a score of 59-3. Its last loss was against Alabama on Oct. 21.
Missouri is coming off of a loss to No. 2 Georgia. The Tigers got within 3 points before the Bulldogs pulled away in the 4th quarter.
Tennessee and Missouri are very close to each other in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings. The Vols are No. 13, and the Tigers are No. 14.
ESPN’s SP+ favors Tennessee in a close game at Faurot Field. It believes that Tennessee will win 29-26 come Saturday. The Vols have a 55% chance to win according to the metric.
WEEK 11 SP+ PICKS
Mich 27, PSU 21 (21!)
FSU 33, Miami 20
Washington 34, Utah 23
Tenn 29, #Mizzou 26
UGA 34, Ole Miss 21
LSU 37, Florida 25
Oregon 41, USC 2853% of lines within 2 points of SP+, 66% within 3 points, lol. That’s unfair.https://t.co/fjsWyQPXfP pic.twitter.com/R3YB3lY3gW
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) November 5, 2023
If Missouri ends up beating Tennessee it would snap a 4-game losing streak to the Volunteers. The last win in the series for the Tigers was in 2018.
Missouri may be without one of its better players on offense as Luther Burden was downgraded to questionable on Tuesday. At Wednesday’s teleconference, Eli Drinkwitz said that he won’t know for sure about the Missouri wideout until Friday at the earliest.
Kickoff will be at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.
