College football betting: How to bet Georgia-Tennessee - ESPN

This SEC matchup has all the ingredients for chaos. Georgia walks into Neyland Stadium as a road favorite, but Tennessee has the firepower and home-field edge to make this anything but straightforward.

It's strength on strength, tempo versus explosiveness, and two quarterbacks with very different profiles stepping into a spotlight game with playoff implications. The margin for error will be slim, and whichever team imposes its style first likely dictates everything that follows.

The line dropping from Georgia -6.5 at opening to -4.5 and all the way to -3.5 signals early money backing Tennessee and growing market confidence in the Vols keeping this close, or perhaps even winning outright.

No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs at No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers
Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC

Line: Georgia -3.5
Money line: Georgia (-170), Tennessee (+145)
Over/Under: 49.5 (O -115, U -105)

Georgia's path to winning as road favorites is about controlling tempo and forcing Tennessee out of rhythm. That advantage starts on the ground.

Through two weeks, Tennessee's defense is 95th in defensive success rate against the run, and Georgia has the depth to exploit it with a committee approach led by Nate Frazier, Dwight Phillips Jr. and Chauncey Bowens, in addition to QB Gunner Stockton's mobility. Sustaining drives, chewing clock and keeping Tennessee's explosive receivers on the sideline is how Georgia dictates pace.

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Defensively, they have to make Joey Aguilar uncomfortable. Aguilar hasn't thrown an interception, but he also hasn't faced a front seven that can disguise looks like Georgia can. With just two sacks in two games, this is the spot to dial up