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It’s Week 8 of football in Tennessee! With the No. 10 Volunteers (5-1) hosting the No. 7 Crimson Tide (5-1) at Neyland Stadium this weekend, we ran through 100 video game simulations of the Third Saturday in October rivalry to see what the real outcome might be.
Anything can happen in college football. And so far this season, our EA Sports College Football 25 simulations on PS5 have resulted in some exciting − often accurate − possibilities.
Just to offer a little transparency, we took a break from running the simulations to focus our coverage on Hurricane Helene and the flooding in East Tennessee.
Now, we’ve returned to see how Tennessee will fare against rival Alabama in our EA Sports College Football 25 simulations on PS5.
This week’s game between Tennessee and Alabama takes place at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 19, a time that is available in the game. We set the weather to clear and sunny to match the weather forecast for Knoxville that was available at the time of simulating.
Here’s what EA Sports College Football 25 predicted across 100 simulations for Tennessee vs. Alabama.
In the second big rivalry game this season, the Volunteers won a measly 32 games out of 100.
The final score of UT’s wins were typically close, with only a couple outliers. The biggest UT win came in Game 3 with a final score of 45-17.
However, a majority of Alabama’s wins were by large margins, with the Crimson Tide securing its biggest win in Game 69 with a score of 47-10.
Nine games went to overtime. The Vols won four of the overtime matchups. Surprisingly, four of these games went into multiple overtimes. Game 84 ended with the Vols winning in six overtimes.
The Vols scored an average of 25.13 points per game, and the Crimson Tide scored an average of 31.55.
Tennessee average yards: 145.6 rushing, 204.64 passing and 458.93 total
Alabama average yards: 185.85 rushing, 215.85 passing yards and 501.88 total
Knox News reporter Mike Wilson predicts an Alabama victory of 28-24. Here’s what EA Sports College Football 25 predicts about the matchup.
When setting to the video game to a big rivalry, the color commentary team and on-screen graphics provide information specific to the matchup. At the start and at the end of each simulation, EA Sports College Football 25 showed how many times the Third Saturday in October has been played, the overall rivalry record and specific statistics related to the Tennessee-Alabama rivalry.
It was a nice addition to set the stage for this Saturday’s game in Knoxville.
Keenan Thomas is a higher education reporter. Email keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter @specialk2real.
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