Tennessee was a five-point underdog for Saturday's game against No. 11 Kentucky at Neyland Stadium. The Vols will be five-point dogs again this Saturday.

Missouri on Sunday opened as the road favorite for Saturday's 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff (TV: CBS), opening as a five-point favorite according to VegasInsider.com.

Tennessee (5-5, 2-4 SEC) played its most complete game of the season while taking down No. 11 Kentucky 24-7 while rolling up 412 yards of total offense, holding the Wildcats to 77 yards rushing as a team and forcing three turnovers.

The win was big enough for the Volunteers to receive one vote in the Coaches Poll on Sunday.

Missouri (6-4, 2-4) rallied from down 21-10 in the second quarter at home on Saturday to beat visiting Vanderbilt 33-28.



Senior quarterback Drew Lock completed 22 of 33 passes for 253 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. He also ran five times for 27 yards and a score.



“Anytime you’ve got a guy that has the arm strength and the playmakers and the experience that he has,” first-year Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt said during Sunday’s The Jeremy Pruitt Show, “it will be a tremendous challenge for us defensively.”



Lock this season has completed 62.5 percent of his passes, throwing for 2,647 yards, 21 touchdowns and eight interceptions.



First-year Missouri offensive coordinator Derek Dooley has the Tigers at third in the SEC in total offense, averaging 473.4 yards per game. Mizzou is fourth in scoring offense (35.5 points per game), third in passing offense (277.5 yards per game) and sixth in rushing offense (195.9 yards per game).



Lock spreads the wealth among his Tiger receivers, with four targets north of 400 yards receiving and with multiple touchdowns through 10 games.



Emmanuel Hall, in just six games, has caught 25 passes for 529 yards and four touchdowns. Jonathon Johnson has 41 receptions for 483 yards and three scores and Albert Okwuegbunam has 43 receptions for 466 yards and six touchdowns. Jalen Knox has added 26 catches for 413 yards and three scores.



Larry Rountree and Damarea Crockett split the carries in the backfield for Missouri.



Rountree has 143 rushes for 758 yards and nine touchdowns while Crockett has carried 144 times for 699 yards and seven scores. Tyler Badie had ran 69 times for 351 yards and a touchdown while Lock has ran for 117 yards and four touchdowns on 41 rushes.



After starting 0-4 in SEC play, Missouri has bounced back with back-t0-back wins at Florida, 38-17, and at home against Vanderbilt. The Tigers start the conference schedule with losses to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky.



Tennessee has won just two of its six meetings against Missouri since the Tigers joined the SEC. The Vols won 19-8 at Missouri in 2015 and rolled 63-37 in Knoxville in 2016.



Missouri won 51-48 in overtime at Neyland Stadium in 2012, 31-3 at Missouri in 2013 and 29-21 in Knoxville in 2014.



Tennessee fired head coach Butch Jones the day after his Vols fell 50-17 at Missouri last season.

