{"id":542870,"date":"2026-01-17T14:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542870\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:39:12","slug":"tennessee-vs-kentucky-prediction-odds-2026-college-basketball-picks-for-saturday-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542870\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee vs. Kentucky prediction, odds: 2026 college basketball picks for Saturday, Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEC powers meet on Saturday as the No. 24 Tennessee Volunteers host the Kentucky Wildcats. Both teams had dramatic mid-week victories and are looking to turn the corner as SEC heats up after starting 2-2 in the conference. Tennessee is 12-5 overall, while Kentucky is 11-6 on the season. The Wildcats swept the regular-season series last year, but the Vols avenged those losses with a 78-65 win in the 2025 Sweet 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tipoff is at noon ET from Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Vols are 6.5-point favorites in the latest Tennessee vs. Kentucky odds, while the over\/under is 146.5, up a point from the opening line. Before making any Kentucky vs. Tennessee picks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/tennessee-vs-kentucky-odds-prediction-2026-sec-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=01172026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_ncaa_model_TNKentuckyCBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">check out the men&#8217;s college basketball predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New users can target the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/draftkings-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DraftKings promo code<\/a>, which offers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=draftkings&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">$300 in bonus bets if your $5+ bet wins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and it enters Week 11 on a sizzling 9-1 run on its top-rated over\/under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/expert-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">college basketball<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/expert-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0picks<\/a>\u00a0dating back to last season. Anyone following its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">college basketball<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/sportsbook-promos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/best-betting-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the model has simulated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/college-basketball\/game-forecast\/NCAAB_20260117_UK@TENN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tennessee vs. Kentucky<\/a> 10,000 times and just revealed its men&#8217;s college basketball picks and betting predictions. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/tennessee-vs-kentucky-odds-prediction-2026-sec-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=01172026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_ncaa_model_TNKentuckyCBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">head to SportsLine now to see the model&#8217;s picks<\/a>. Here are several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/college-basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">men&#8217;s college basketball odds<\/a> and men&#8217;s college basketball betting lines for Kentucky vs. Tennessee:<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee vs. Kentucky spread:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee -6.5<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee vs. Kentucky over\/under:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>146.5 points<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee vs. Kentucky money line:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee -291, Kentucky +232<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee vs. Kentucky picks:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/tennessee-vs-kentucky-odds-prediction-2026-sec-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=01172026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_ncaa_model_TNKentuckyCBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee vs. Kentucky streaming:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191260?irad=367782&amp;irmp=416484&amp;sharedid=HTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\">Fubo<\/a>\u00a0(Try for free)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New users can check out the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/bet365-promo-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bet365 bonus code<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=bet365&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">get $200 in bonus bets after placing a $5 bet<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>How to make Tennessee vs. Kentucky picks<\/p>\n<p>After simulating Tennessee vs. Kentucky 10,000 times, SportsLine&#8217;s model is going Over on the total (146.5 points). Five straight Tennessee games have cleared the total, and Tennessee is 11-6 to the Over on the season. Three of the past five Tennessee vs. Kentucky matchups have led to at least 148 combined points as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SportsLine&#8217;s model is projecting that four players score in double figures with Ja&#8217;Kobi Gillespie (19.2 points) leading the way for Tennessee and Otega Oweh (17.2 points) pacing Kentucky. The teams combine for 154 total points as the Over hits 68% of the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The model also says one side of the spread hits 60% of the time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/tennessee-vs-kentucky-odds-prediction-2026-sec-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=01172026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_ncaa_model_TNKentuckyCBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You can only see that pick at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So who wins Kentucky vs. Tennessee, and which side of the spread hits 60% of the time? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/insiders\/tennessee-vs-kentucky-odds-prediction-2026-sec-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model\/#ttag=01172026_agg_cbssports_picks_basketball_ncaa_model_TNKentuckyCBB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the spread to back, all from the model that has simulated this matchup 10,000 times<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEC powers meet on Saturday as the No. 24 Tennessee Volunteers host the Kentucky Wildcats. Both teams had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,217,3075,74499,74500,74501,1797],"class_list":{"0":"post-542870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-kentucky-wildcats","11":"tag-tennessee-kentucky-odds","12":"tag-tennessee-kentucky-picks","13":"tag-tennessee-kentucky-prediction","14":"tag-tennessee-volunteers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115910958408833064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}