See Tennessee’s SEC Championship Odds Ahead Of The Third Saturday In October

Tennessee entered the season looking for tangible growth off of Josh Heupel’s first season where they went 7-5 before losing to Purdue in the Music City Bowl.

A month-and-a-half into the season, Tennessee’s changed the outward expectations. Wins over Pitt, Florida and LSU have the Vols unbeaten and No. 6 nationally entering the Third Saturday in October.

The fast start to the season has people looking at Tennessee’s chances to make the College Football Playoff in Heupel’s second season. The best way to do that? Winning the Southeastern Conference.

According to Caesars Sportsbook, Tennessee is +800 to win the SEC. The Vols have the third best odds to win the conference title behind Alabama and Georgia.

Alabama is -105 to win the conference title while Georgia is +100. The two powers are viewed as the co-favorites to lift the trophy in Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta and while Tennessee is a distant third they are definitively viewed as the third best team.

Behind Tennessee is Ole Miss at +1200 before a massive drop off to Mississippi State at +4000.

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While the outward goals for Tennessee are changing, the inward goal is still the same. From the moment Hendon Hooker told Josh Heupel he was returning to school for his Super Senior season, Tennessee’s goal has been to make it to Atlanta.

Heupel told Hooker that on the Haslam Practice Field and the two have repeated it multiple times since.

As massive as a game as Alabama is Saturday, the game that will truly determine Tennessee’s SEC fate is the early November matchup at Georgia.

Kick off between Tennessee and Alabama is at 3:30 p.m. ET. Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Jenny Dell are on the call for CBS.