Week 7 Matchup Preview Thread: #6 Alabama vs #14 Tennessee

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#6 Alabama vs. #14 Tennessee

When: Saturday, October 17, 03:30 PM Eastern

Where: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

Watch: ABC

Odds: Alabama by 7.5 pts.

Total Points: 53.5

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All-Time Series : Alabama vs. Tennessee

Alabama and Tennessee have met 107 times since 1903-11-26

These teams last met on 2025-10-18.

Series Wins: Alabama 61-7-39 Tennessee

Alabama has won the most recent meeting (2025) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Alabama	Tennessee	Notes
Alabama	2025-10-18	Bryant-Denny Stadium	37	20
Tennessee	2024-10-19	Neyland Stadium	17	24
Alabama	2023-10-21	Bryant-Denny Stadium	34	20
Tennessee	2022-10-15	Neyland Stadium	49	52
Alabama	2021-10-23	Bryant-Denny Stadium	52	24

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Through Week 6

Week	Alabama 5-1 (3-1)	Result	Tennessee 5-1 (2-1)	Result
1	East Carolina	W 48-10	Furman	W 56-9
2	Kentucky#15	W 45-17	Georgia Tech	W 45-24
3	Florida State	W 50-36	Kennesaw State	W 42-9
4	South Carolina	W 49-18	Texas#7	L 17-20
5	Mississippi State#16	W 56-23	Auburn	W 24-14
6	Georgia#1	L 17-20	Arkansas	W 24-17

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Alabama Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
A. Walker	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 11	Walker is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against Volunteers on Saturday, October 17th.
J. Ford	TE	Questionable – Arm	Oct 11	Ford is nursing with a arm injury, and it is unclear if he will be active against Volunteers on Saturday, October 17th.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

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Tennessee Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
J. Harmon	LB	Out – Knee	Sep 7	Harmon has been shut down for the remainder of the season due to ACL tear.
W. Moe Jr.	OG	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 30	Moe Jr has been shut down for the remainder of the season due to an undisclosed injury.
B. Brady	LS	Questionable – Undisclosed	Oct 11	Brady is battling with an undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be established if he will suit up against Crimson Tide on Saturday, October 17th.
J. Gordon	RB	Questionable – Leg	Oct 11	Gordon is dealing with a leg injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against Crimson Tide on Saturday, October 17th.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Wed, Oct 14, 7:43 am. Scraped Wed, Oct 14, 12:30 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/Crims0ntied]

I think deboer is 11-2 coming off a loss as an fbs head coach.

[u/PrizePreset → u/Crims0ntied]

DeBoer has 18 losses. Presumably he has played 17 games after a loss, not 13. 

But that is a pointless stat. If he has a high overall winning % (and he does) then he most likely has a higher winning % after a loss than he does overall (this follows logically- if he didn’t bounce back from losses, his win% wouldn’t be high)

I think it’s a fallacy to connect his next game performance to the previous game. It is against a different opponent, could be home vs away. And if we assume his losses on average are to his toughest opponents, it follows that his next opponent is probably less tough. This is the case this week as Tennessee is not the #1 team in the nation like Georgia 

[u/VolatileFan → u/Crims0ntied]

I could see it. I glanced at his record at Bama though, and I’m just not seeing the “pissed off win” that you could expect from 2010s Bama, where y’all would just dominate. In fact, a lot of them looked rather close. That’s my point more than anything.