Tennessee Volunteers vs Kentucky Wildcats Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 10/25/25

The Tennessee Volunteers take on the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington on Saturday night. The Vols are looking to bounce back from a tough loss at Alabama last week that was plagued by costly mistakes. They have not covered much this season in general, which is noteworthy, and they struggled to put away both Arkansas and Mississippi State in the two weeks prior to Bama. Kentucky is winless in conference play, and their close battle with Texas last week probably had more to do with the Longhorns’ general incompetence than anything else. I think this is a spot where the Tennessee offense is eventually too much, and the Wildcats shouldn’t be able to muster enough points to keep pace. Give me the Vols -9.

The Kentucky defense has kept them in games most of the season, but they just cannot generate enough offense to win in this conference. The Tennessee defense is weak in the secondary, but Kentucky does not have the passing chops to take advantage of that. I look for the Vols to put up enough points with the pace of their offense to cover this game, and the Tennessee defense should hold up just fine against the struggling Cats’ offense. I think we are getting a soft market here because of last week’s results for both teams, and that is just fine with me. I’ll take the Vols to cover here in a spot where they are the far better team.

Tennessee vs Kentucky Prediction: Tennessee -9 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable to -9.5.