2010 College Football Season Odds – Tennessee At 50-1 to win BCS Title

Last Updated on July 18, 2010 3:12 pm by drew

Tennessee Season Odds

The past 12 months have been something most

Tennessee football fans would like to forget and a successful 2010 season could certainly help that.

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2009 saw Lane Kiffin take over for long-time coach Phillip Fulmer only to agitate most other coaches in the SEC while finishing 7-6 with a bowl appearance. While an improvement from a 5-7 2008 season, things turned ugly when Kiffin jumped ship to take over at USC, leaving the Volunteer program in shambles.

Tennessee then hired Derek Dooley who was 17-20 in three years at Louisiana Tech, but a recent off the field fight involving players at a night club have left another black eye on the program.

Coming into 2010,

Tennessee has a lot of holes to fill, as they return just three starters on offense. The Vols have to replace their entire offensive line, their quarterback, and their running back. Junior Matt Simms looks to be the starting quarterback as he is a junior-college transfer. The top returning player on offense is wide receiver Gerald Jones, who caught 46 passes for 680 yards and four scores in 2009.

On defense,

Tennessee brings back six starters from a solid united that held opponents to 319 yards per-game. Still, the Vols lose their four top tacklers from the roster, but do bring back sack leader, Chris Walker at defensive end.

Tennessee opens with four games at home, facing
Oregon and

Florida in weeks two and three. Road games at LSU and Georgia will be the biggest road tests and a mid-season game against

Alabama keep most from feeling the Vols will even contend for the SEC East, let alone the SEC or BCS titles.

Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL currently list

Tennessee as 50/1 long shots to win the 2011 BCS National Championship. The Vols are also given 20/1 odds to win the SEC and 4-1 odds to win the SEC East.

Tennessee looks like it will have a lot of learning curves to go over this season. A new coach and new players at key skill positions along with a completely new offensive line would lead us to believe that the Vols will have to win with defense. While

Tennessee could have a stout defensive unit, it won’t be dominant enough to carry it to a conference title.

2011 BCS Championship Odds:

Tennessee Volunteers 50/1

2010 SEC Championship Odds:

Tennessee Volunteers 20/1

2010 SEC East Division Championship Odds:

Tennessee Volunteers 4/1

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Posted: 7/18/10 3:12PM ET