Clemson vs. Tennessee picks, predictions: Orange Bowl odds, spread, lines

Picks and predictions for Clemson vs. Tennessee in the Orange Bowl on the college football bowl schedule with updated betting lines

This year's Orange Bowl will be appropriately orange as Clemson and Tennessee meet up in Miami to square off in one of college football's New Year's Six bowls.

Both are fielding different quarterbacks than they started out with, but one school is doing so by choice whereas the other was forced to.

Tennessee is riding with Joe Milton after starter Hendon Hooker, the gifted quarterback who helped lead the nation's No. 1 ranked offense most of the season, tore his ACL late in the year.

Clemson finally benched DJ Uiagalelei in the ACC Championship Game in favor of Cade Klubnik, with the former entering his name in the college football transfer portal to try his luck at Oregon State instead.

What do the experts think of the matchup? Let's see how the College Football Power Index computer prediction model projects the game.

Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Tennessee picks, predictions

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Tennessee prediction: The computer model is siding with the Volunteers, who have the 57.0 percent chance to win the game outright, per the index.

Clemson prediction: That leaves the Tigers with the 43.0 percent shot to take down the Volunteers, according to the index projections.

Point spread: The oddsmakers take a different view, naming Clemson as the 6 point favorites against Tennessee, according to the lines at SI Sportsbook.

Total: 61.5 points

Moneyline: Clemson -250 | Tennessee +170

Spread consensus pick: Clemson -6 (54% of bets siding with the Tigers)

Score prediction: Team Rankings projects that Clemson will defeat Tennessee by a score of 34.5 to 27.7 (Clemson -6, Over 61.5)

More: Clemson vs. Tennessee Orange Bowl game prediction, preview

How to watch: The game is set for Fri., Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on the main ESPN network and streams on fuboTV (Try for free).

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College Football Playoff top 25 rankings

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. TCU
4. Ohio State
5. Alabama
6. Tennessee
7. Clemson
8. Utah
9. Kansas State
10. USC
11. Penn State
12. Washington
13. Florida State
14. Oregon State
15. Oregon
16. Tulane
17. LSU
18. UCLA
19. South Carolina
20. Texas
21. Notre Dame
22. Mississippi State
23. NC State
24. Troy
25. UTSA

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