Texas and Tennessee Draw Conflicting Week 4 Picks

Texas and Tennessee entered their Week 4 college football matchup with sharply different forecasts but no reported game result in the available material. Several previews picked Texas to win, while a betting columnist chose Tennessee to pull off an upset. The matchup was scheduled for Saturday, September 26, at 11 a.m. Central Time in Knoxville. A prediction market article reported that Texas had a 65% implied chance of winning on Kalshi less than 24 hours before kickoff, compared with 35% for Tennessee. Those figures were a time-sensitive snapshot of market trading, not a final outcome. The same article said the market had put Texas at 84% after its September 12 comeback win over Ohio State, then briefly made Tennessee the favorite at 56% early the next day before Texas moved back ahead. The market account described Texas as a 5.5-point favorite near kickoff. Other previews listed the spread at 4.5 points or described Tennessee as a four-point underdog, underscoring that the lines came from different publications, products or times and were not identical. One Week 4 picks table selected Texas both to win outright and against the spread.