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Tennessee football: Week 8 Vols, SEC and Top 25 predictions

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football’s rivalry game against the Alabama Crimson Tide lead our Volunteers, SEC and Top 25 predictions for Week 8.

While Tennessee football had an amazing turnaround to the season with such a thrilling win over the Auburn Tigers, we all took another beating with our gambling picks. It wasn’t as bad as the beating many people think the Vols will take against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but it was rough.

The good thing is we actually were solid on our outright picks. One of us nailed the LSU Tigers upsetting the Georgia Bulldogs, and we also all nailed the Oregon Ducks upsetting the Washington Huskies. But we failed in other areas. Here’s a look at how we did last week.

Week 7 recap (Record on gambling picks are tiebreakers)

Caleb Calhoun: 14-10 overall

7-1 straight up, 7-9 gambling (6-2 ATS, 1-7 O/U)

Billy Williford: 12-12 overall

6-2 straight-up, 6-10 gambling (5-3 ATS, 1-7 O/U)

Garrett Sanders: 11-13 overall

4-4 straight up, 7-9 gambling (6-2 ATS, 1-7 O/U)

Record on unanimous gambling picks: 4-6

As you can see, we nailed it on the spread. Tennessee football’s win over Auburn was one we all got right in not picking the Tigers to cover. It was our best week overall. But after some of us being solid on the over/under all year, we all got torched on that front. Who could’ve predicted Oregon-Washington failing to hit the over while Michigan-Wisconsin does? That’s insane. And it’s why our unanimous picks were so rough. Anyway, with that record, here’s where we stand overall.

Overall standings

Caleb Calhoun: 131-88 overall

62-19 straight up, 69-69 gambling (32-37 ATS, 37-32 O/U)

Garrett Sanders: 129-90 overall

60-21 straight up, 69-69 gambling (39-30 ATS, 30-39 O/U)

Billy Williford: 125-94 overall

62-19 straight up, 63-75 gambling (29-40 ATS, 34-35 O/U)

Record on unanimous gambling picks: 25-32

Depending on how you bet straight-up, you may have come out on top if you took our advice all season long. But right now, if you relied strictly on our point spread and over/under picks, you’d be losing some serious money right now. But this is our chance to make it up.

This week, four SEC teams are on bye, and two host AAC teams from bordering states. That makes for six SEC games to cover overall, and one is a game between two Top 25 teams. Even through mid-October, the league is wide open outside of one clear team.

Meanwhile, there are three non-conference games featuring Top 25 teams on both ends. One features two undefeated teams, another has clear College Football implications for one team, and the other one has two teams hoping to stay alive in the CFP race. So we have nine games to pick for you overall, and as always, we’ll go in the order of when they’re scheduled before closing out with Tennessee football’s game against the Alabama Crimson Tide. So here are our Week 8 SEC and Top 25 predictions.

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