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Tennessee football vs. South Alabama: Best prop bets to make

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 22, 2018; Knoxville, TN, USA; General view of Neyland Stadium during the fourth quarter of the game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers. Florida won 47 to 21. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 22, 2018; Knoxville, TN, USA; General view of Neyland Stadium during the fourth quarter of the game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers. Florida won 47 to 21. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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MOBILE, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 14: Head coach Kane Wommack of the South Alabama Jaguars reacts after a big play during their game against the Georgia Southern Eagles in the first quarter of play at Hancock Whitney Stadium on October 14, 2021 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
MOBILE, ALABAMA – OCTOBER 14: Head coach Kane Wommack of the South Alabama Jaguars reacts after a big play during their game against the Georgia Southern Eagles in the first quarter of play at Hancock Whitney Stadium on October 14, 2021 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /

Prop bet No. 2: South Alabama over 16.5

To be fair, Tennessee football’s two non-Power Five opponents have scored six and 0 points respectively. However, South Alabama is not the Bowling Green Falcons, nor is it the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Even as a defensive-minded team, this squad can score points when necessary, often times off turnovers.

As mentioned on the previous slide, South Alabama averages over 11 points in the second quarter alone, and given how bad the Vols’ second quarter defense is, they’ll likely go over that. When you factor those numbers in, they could be a field goal away from breaking 16.5 points outside of what they do in that quarter.

Then there’s the Vols’ defense. Even in their blowout wins, and yes, this should be a blowout, they have allowed lots of points. In fact, outside of those two games mentioned, they have allowed at least 20 points in every outing, and they’ve allowed over 30 points in each of their last four games.

Simply put, the Vols give up a lot of points despite scoring a good bit as well. As a result, it’s safe to take South Alabama to cover a spread every team facing UT has covered since the end of September. They may need to force a turnover to do it, but it’ll happen.

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