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Tennessee football: Prediction for every game on Vols’ 2022 schedule plus bowl projections

By Caleb Calhoun

The Tennessee football team runs through the T during a NCAA football game against Tennessee Tech at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.Kns Tennessee Tenn Tech Football
The Tennessee football team runs through the T during a NCAA football game against Tennessee Tech at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.Kns Tennessee Tenn Tech Football /
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Oct 3, 2020; Athens, Georgia, USA; A general view of the stadium prior to the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 3, 2020; Athens, Georgia, USA; A general view of the stadium prior to the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

28. 52. Athens, Ga.. Saturday, Nov. 5. 839. Sanford Stadium. Game 9. 814

6-3 (2-3)

All the hype behind Tennessee football and Georgia this year will be deflated when the Vols lose to Kentucky. However, that will give the Vols a bit of an advantage when they head to Athens, as they can just refocus and play Georgia while flying under the radar. This is a young Georgia team after all, one that should be prone to some upset losses.

Those factors will make this similar to the game these two played back in 2020. The Vols will start off red-hot in the way that they typically do under Josh Heupel. There’s a chance they build a 21-3 lead or something like that, and everybody is excited about the prospect of them pulling off the upset, ending a five-game losing streak in the process.

Then Georgia will wake up. It’ll start in the second quarter, and they’ll actually head into halftime either with a one-score lead or trailing by one score. In the second half, they’ll dominate, scoring four unanswered touchdowns to take complete control of the game.

This will kill a lot of the momentum that the Vols were riding. All of a sudden, a 5-0 start will have turned into 6-3 with at least one loss they did not expect to have, and they’ll be below .500 in SEC play after thinking they were in contention for the East just a few weeks earlier.

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