The Tennessee Volunteers will host the Virginia Cavaliers to start their respective 2023 campaigns. Kickoff is scheduled at 12:00 p.m. ET on September 2nd at Nissan Stadium.
Looking back to last season, Virginia finished on the wrong side of .500 (3-7), but they'll be hoping to turn things around this year. On the other hand, Tennessee finished a solid 11-2 in the regular season last year, and they capped off their season with a 31-14 win in the Orange Bowl.
Virginia will be fighting an uphill battle on Saturday as the experts have pegged them as the 27.5-point underdog. They finished last season with a 4-6 record against the spread.
That disadvantage in the odds might be especially worrying for Virginia considering the team was a sub-par 1-6 as the underdog last season. A bettor who placed a $100 dollar bet on them to lose every one of the 12 games they played last year would have netted $805.88. Tennessee will open their season as the favorite, and the team was 8-1 as such last season.