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Kennesaw State at #15Tennessee

Prediction · week 3, 2026 · Sat Sep 19, 6:45 PM CT / 7:45 PM ET · Neyland Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Tennessee 42, Kennesaw State 9

Closest: SP+ (Tennessee by 33.4, missed by 0.4). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Tennessee. The line, shown for comparison only, has Tennessee by 35.5.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Tennessee by 33.4 and Elo has Tennessee by 18.6. SP+ and Elo are 14.8 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+ Closest
Kennesaw State -10.7 vs Tennessee +20.2
Tennessee by 33.4 ✓0.4
Elo
Kennesaw State 1327 vs Tennessee 1729
Tennessee by 18.6 ✓14.4
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Tennessee by 35.52.5

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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