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Texas

SEC · 2-0 · power +30.0 · #7
Our numberTENN -0.4 no book has priced this game

Tennessee

SEC · 2-0 · power +26.9 · #12
Our side
MoneylineTEX to win ours 47%
Projected score 28–29 TEX – TENN
2026-09-26 · 12:00 PM Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN SEC game Early season

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Series Texas lead 2–1 · 3 meetings since 1950
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game even 39 ranks apart
Texas Longhorns #130 rush offense Tennessee Volunteers #91 run defense
Pass game even 9 ranks apart
Texas Longhorns #104 pass offense Tennessee Volunteers #95 pass defense
Run game even 9 ranks apart
Tennessee Volunteers #24 rush offense Texas Longhorns #33 run defense
Pass game edge Tennessee Volunteers 50 ranks
Tennessee Volunteers #31 pass offense Texas Longhorns #81 pass defense
Texas Longhorns Balanced · 52% run Ball-control Tennessee Volunteers Balanced · 52% run Avg pace
Steve Sarkisian · 48-20 Josh Heupel · 73-28 · offense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Texas Longhorns
RB Hollywood Smothers 144 rush yds · 2 TD · 6 rec #17 RB
DB Graceson Littleton 9 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT #52 DB
WR Ryan Wingo 11 rec · 143 yds · 2 TD #64 WR
LB Justin Cryer 12 tkl · 1.0 TFL #88 LB
Tennessee Volunteers
DL Xavier Gilliam 8 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL #36 DL
DB Dejuan Lane 4 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT #35 DB
RB DeSean Bishop 244 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec #16 RB
QB Faizon Brandon 374 pass yds · 5 TD · 0 INT #16 QB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Texas LonghornsSEC +30.0 +14.2 +15.8 #7
Tennessee VolunteersSEC +26.9 +22.0 +5.0 #12

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Texas offense vs Tennessee defense+9.2 pts
Tennessee offense vs Texas defense+6.1 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 889 mi

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.