12-07-2025
Georgia football listed as road favorites against Tennessee
The Georgia Bulldogs play the Tennessee Volunteers in their opening SEC game of the 2025 college footballs season. Georgia plays a pair of non-Power Four opponents (Marshall and Austin Peay) at home before playing at Tennessee.
Georgia's 2025 schedule will allow projected starting quarterback Gunner Stockton to settle into the starting role, but he'll face a major challenge against Tennessee in Week 3. The Volunteers have one of the country's toughest stadiums for opponents to play in and made the College Football Playoff last season.
If Georgia beats Tennessee, then the Bulldogs will in all likelihood start the season 3-0 entering their first bye week. Following Georgia's bye week, the Dawgs host the Alabama Crimson Tide, but we don't think Georgia will overlook a massive game at Tennessee.
The Georgia-Tennessee game will also be Tennessee's SEC opener. The Volunteers start the year with a decent test against the Syracuse Orange in Atlanta, so we may know more about Tennessee entering this matchup than we do about Georgia.
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Georgia vs Tennessee prediction
Back in February, we thought Tennessee had a good chance to finall8y beat Georgia. Since then, Georgia has gotten a little better via the spring transfer portal while Tennessee lost starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava to the portal.
Kirby Smart is undefeated in his Georgia career against Josh Heupel. We think Smart will continue his perfect record against Tennessee even though Gunner Stockton's first career road start at Tennessee won't be easy. We envision this being a close game, but think Georgia leaves Knoxville with a big road victory.
Prediction: Georgia 24, Tennessee 20
Georgia vs Tennessee channel, start time
TV channel: ABC
Kickoff time: Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m.
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