Kentucky Wildcats vs Tennessee Volunteers ATS Prediction - 1/17/2026
Updated January 16, 2026
Updated January 16, 2026
This Saturday afternoon in SEC play features the Kentucky Wildcats (11–6), who travel to Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers (12–5). Both teams enter with identical 2–2 league records, making this a huge game early in the gauntlet that is the SEC conference schedule. Here, I've broken this game down from all angles for both of these teams and I've got you covered below with my Kentucky vs Tennessee prediction.
Pick: | Kentucky +6.5 ATS PRO |
Confidence: | 3/5 |
Score Projection: Kentucky 76 – Tennessee 78 ATS PRO
Win Probability: Kentucky 35%, Tennessee 65% ATS PRO
Tennessee should be able to get the win on their home floor on Saturday afternoon. But I'm expecting this to be a tight game, as neither side has demonstrated an ability to consistently blow away their competition in the SEC just yet. I'll take the points with the Wildcats in a game that I think will come down to the final seconds in Knoxville.
Jay Sanin is the GM and Head of Sports at ATS.io. He has been writing about sports gambling since 2013, handicapping tens of thousands of sporting events. He plays sides and totals aggressively across most sports and is more selective in player prop markets. He does his own modeling across most sports, and his family is jealous of how much time he spends on his precious spreadsheets.
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