Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh odds, prediction, line: 2022 Week 2 college football picks from model on 48-37 run
Fri, Sep 9, 2022
NCAAF News (AP)
The 2022 college football season rolls on with a full Week 2 slate, including a high-profile non-conference game between ACC and SEC foes. The No. 17 Pittsburgh Panthers host the No. 24 Tennessee Volunteers at Acrisure Stadium -- the venue formerly known as Heinz Field. Both teams opened the campaign with victories, as Pittsburgh defeated West Virginia and Tennessee throttled Ball State. It is the fourth all-time meeting between the programs, with Tennessee looking for its first victory in the series.
Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET in Pittsburgh. Caesars Sportsbook lists the Volunteers as 6-point road favorites, while the over/under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 64.5 in the latest Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh odds. Before making any Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee picks, you need to see the college football predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's advanced computer simulation model.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Over the past six-plus years, the proprietary computer model has generated a stunning profit of almost $3,500 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. It enters Week 2 of the 2022 college football season on a 48-37 run on all top-rated college football spread and money-line picks that dates back to 2021. Anyone who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Tennessee vs. Pitt'and just locked in its picks and CFB predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model's picks. Now, here are several college football odds and betting lines for Pitt vs. Tennessee:
- Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh spread: Tennessee -6'
- Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh over/under: 64.5 points'
- Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh money line: Tennessee -240, Pittsburgh +196'
- TENN: The Volunteers are aiming for their first all-time win over Pittsburgh'
- PITT: The Panthers are coming off their first 11-win season since 1981'
- Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh picks: See picks here.
Why Tennessee can cover
Tennessee is a road favorite, and the team's talent backs up that lofty expectation. The Volunteers erupted for 569 total yards in the season-opening win over Ball State, scoring an SEC-high 59 points in Week 1. Tennessee is on a four-game streak with at least 45 points, and the Volunteers ranked in the top 10 of FBS in scoring offense last season, averaging 39.3 points per game. Josh Heupel's team finished in the top four of the SEC in points per game, yards per game, yards per play, and red zone efficiency in 2021, and the Volunteers returned a great deal from that squad.'
The headliner is quarterback Hendon Hooker, who had the best touchdown-to-interception ratio in FBS last season with 31 touchdowns and only three interceptions. Hooker threw for 378 yards and five touchdowns in Tennessee's bowl matchup against Purdue, and he followed that up with 221 yards on only 25 attempts in the 2022 opener. Hooker is also a dual-threat option with more than 1,600 career rushing yards, and he rushed for a pair of touchdowns against Ball State.
Why Pittsburgh can cover
Pittsburgh is enjoying a program renaissance after an 11-3 performance last season in the seventh campaign under head coach Pat Narduzzi. That was punctuated by a 24-point win over Wake Forest to win the ACC title, and the 11-win mark was Pittsburgh's best since 1981. Pittsburgh was also excellent against the spread, posting a 10-4 record, and the Panthers project to be quite effective on the offensive side of the ball.'
Transfer quarterback Kedon Slovis arrives from USC, where he threw for more than 7,500 yards and 58 touchdown passes across three seasons. Slovis accumulated 308 passing yards on 12.8 yards per attempt in the season opener last week, and it was his 12th career game with at least 300 passing yards. Slovis is joined by another high-impact transfer, wide receiver Konata Mumpfield, who previously starred at Akron. Mumpfield led Pittsburgh with five catches in the opener, contributing 71 yards, and that comes on the heels of a 2021 season in which he produced 63 receptions for 751 yards and eight touchdowns. Tennessee posted the fourth-worst mark in the SEC in total defense in 2021, including the conference's second-worst mark in passing yards allowed.
How to make Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh picks
SportsLine's model is leaning Under on the point total, with neither team projected to have a running back reach 70 yards on the ground. The model also says one side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time. You can only see the model's Pitt vs. Tennessee pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh? And which side of the spread hits more than 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh spread you need to jump on Saturday, all from the model that has crushed its college football picks, and find out. '
