USC Gamecocks Football

Final predictions for South Carolina vs Tennessee: National experts make their picks

College football analysts across the country made their predictions Saturday morning for the South Carolina and Tennessee opener.

Here is a look on how that went:

ESPN College Gameday

The picks for South Carolina: Lee Corso

The picks for Tennessee: Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Kirk Herbstreit, Jon Weiner aka “Stugotz” (Guest picker)

SEC Nation

The picks for South Carolina: Roman Harper

The picks for Tennessee: Jordan Palmer, Tim Tebow

The Athletic

The picks for South Carolina: Stuart Mandel

The picks for Tennessee: Bruce Feldman

The final word

Oddsmakers have Tennessee as four-point favorites. The line started at 3.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Williams-Brice Stadium and the game will be on SEC Network. Saturday is the first day of the season for Southeastern Conference teams.

This is the 39th meeting between the two teams. Tennessee leads the all-time series, 26-10-2, including a 9-7-2 mark in Columbia.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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