Our side
MoneylineTENN to win
ours 33%
Projected score
28–27
TENN – SC
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Williams-Brice Stadium · Columbia, SC
SEC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Tennessee lead
29–11–2
· 42 meetings since 1903
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
even
18 ranks apart
Tennessee Volunteers #24 rush offense
South Carolina Gamecocks #6 run defense
Pass game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
85 ranks
Tennessee Volunteers #31 pass offense
South Carolina Gamecocks #116 pass defense
Run game
edge Tennessee Volunteers
49 ranks
South Carolina Gamecocks #140 rush offense
Tennessee Volunteers #91 run defense
Pass game
even
35 ranks apart
South Carolina Gamecocks #130 pass offense
Tennessee Volunteers #95 pass defense
Tennessee Volunteers
Balanced · 52% run
Avg pace
South Carolina Gamecocks
Balanced · 51% run
Ball-control
Josh Heupel · 73-28 · offense-minded
Shane Beamer · 33-30 · defense-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
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
South Carolina Gamecocks
RB
Matt Fuller
199 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec
#93 RB
DL
Anthony Addison
3 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#233 DL
WR
Donovan Murph
4 rec · 92 yds · 2 TD
#164 WR
DL
Tomiwa Durojaiye
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#288 DL
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
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Tennessee offense vs South Carolina defense+10.3 pts
South Carolina offense vs Tennessee defense+1.4 pts
Rest · context onlyHome team on 7 more days rest
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.