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Gameday Gameplan for Tennessee fans: Alabama

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It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, and the Tennessee Volunteers — currently 2-2 and tied with Kentucky and South Carolina for third in the SEC East — host the 4-0 and No. 2-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Hey, it’s either going to be what you think it’s going to be, or it’s going to be awesome.

Here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Tennessee fans. Where and when to find the Tennessee-Alabama game on TV, what other games to watch as well, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.

When is the Vols game, and what TV channel is it on?

Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game:

The best games for Vols fans to watch today

There are several other games of interest today as well, starting with a trio of appetizers at noon and concluding with a couple of good games in the evening slot, including a Top 10 Big 10 matchup between Michigan and Minnesota.

Here’s our list of games to watch today, curated just for Big Orange fans:

Away Home Time TV How Why
NOON
Auburn Ole Miss 12:00 PM SECN Live Future Vols opponent
#23 NC State #14 North Carolina 12:00 PM ESPN Check in Top 25 matchup
Nebraska #5 Ohio State 12:00 PM FOX Check in Early look at Big 10 frontrunner
AFTERNOON
#2 Alabama Tennessee 3:30 PM CBS Live GO VOLS!
#17 Iowa State #6 Oklahoma State 3:30 PM FOX Check in Top 25 matchup
Kentucky Missouri 4:00 PM SECN Check in Former Vols opponents
EVENING
South Carolina LSU 7:00 PM ESPN Check in Former Vols opponent
#18 Michigan #21 Minnesota 7:30 PM ABC Live Top 25 matchup

And here’s a searchable version of this week’s entire college football TV schedule:

10/22/20 Arkansas State Appalachian State 7:30 PM ESPN
10/23/20 Jacksonville State Florida International 7:00 PM ESPN3
10/23/20 Tulsa South Florida 7:30 PM ESPN
10/23/20 Illinois #14 Wisconsin 8:00 PM BTN
10/23/20 Louisiana UAB 8:00 PM CBSSN
10/24/20 Syracuse #1 Clemson 12:00 PM ACCN
10/24/20 Nebraska #5 Ohio State 12:00 PM FOX
10/24/20 #23 NC State #14 North Carolina 12:00 PM ESPN
10/24/20 Kansas #20 Kansas State 12:00 PM FS1
10/24/20 Georgia Southern #25 Coastal Carolina 12:00 PM ESPNU
10/24/20 Mercer Army 12:00 PM CBSSN
10/24/20 Auburn Ole Miss 12:00 PM SECN
10/24/20 Oklahoma TCU 12:00 PM ABC
10/24/20 Temple Memphis 12:00 PM ESPN+
10/24/20 UTEP Charlotte 12:00 PM ESPN+
10/24/20 Florida State Louisville 12:00 PM ESPN3
10/24/20 Rutgers Michigan State 12:00 PM BTN
10/24/20 Southern Mississippi Liberty 1:00 PM ESPN3
10/24/20 Tulane UCF 2:00 PM ESPN2
10/24/20 Florida Atlantic #22 Marshall 2:30 PM
10/24/20 #2 Alabama Tennessee 3:30 PM CBS
10/24/20 #3 Notre Dame Pittsburgh 3:30 PM ABC
10/24/20 #17 Iowa State #6 Oklahoma State 3:30 PM FOX
10/24/20 #8 Penn State Indiana 3:30 PM FS1
10/24/20 #19 Virginia Tech Wake Forest 3:30 PM ESPN3
10/24/20 Middle Tennessee Rice 3:30 PM ESPN3
10/24/20 Houston Navy 3:30 PM CBSSN
10/24/20 Baylor Texas 3:30 PM ESPN
10/24/20 Iowa Purdue 3:30 PM BTN
10/24/20 Georgia State Troy 4:00 PM ESPNU
10/24/20 Georgia Tech Boston College 4:00 PM ACCN
10/24/20 Chattanooga Western Kentucky 4:00 PM ESPN3
10/24/20 Kentucky Missouri 4:00 PM SECN
10/24/20 West Virginia Texas Tech 5:30 PM ESPN2
10/24/20 South Carolina LSU 7:00 PM ESPN
10/24/20 UL Monroe South Alabama 7:00 PM ESPN+
10/24/20 Utah State Boise State 7:00 PM FS1
10/24/20 Wyoming Nevada 7:00 PM CBSSN
10/24/20 #18 Michigan #21 Minnesota 7:30 PM ABC
10/24/20 Hawai'i Fresno State 7:30 PM
10/24/20 Maryland Northwestern 7:30 PM BTN
10/24/20 Virginia #11 Miami 8:00 PM ACCN
10/24/20 Louisiana Tech UTSA 8:00 PM ESPNU
10/24/20 #9 Cincinnati #16 SMU 9:00 PM ESPN2
10/24/20 New Mexico Colorado State CANCELED
10/24/20 Texas State #12 BYU 10:15 PM ESPN
10/24/20 UNLV San Diego State 10:30 PM CBSSN
10/24/20 Air Force San José State 10:30 PM FS1

GRT games and contests

While you’re waiting for the games to begin, make sure that you submit your answers to the GRT Guessing Game questions and update your picks for the GRT Pick ‘Em.

GRT game-week audio

No podcast from us last week, but here’s Will’s regular spot on WNML’s Sports 180 with Josh Ward and Heather Harrington.

Pre-game prep

To catch up on your pre-game reading, have a look at our game preview posts from earlier this week:

Go Vols!