FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 4/4 Tennessee will look to extend its winning streak to seven straight games when it takes on the Arkansas Razorbacks for another prime-time clash this Saturday.

The Volunteers are off to a 4-0 start after a 25-15 road win over then-15th-ranked Oklahoma two weeks ago to open SEC play and should be after the first of two open weeks be rested this season.

TRANSFER INFORMATION

For the third time this season, the ABC primetime team of Chris Fowler (PxP), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Holly Rowe (sideline reporter) will cover Saturday’s game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:44 p.m. ET.

UT fans can enjoy Tennessee’s official radio broadcast on the Vol Network (local: WIVK-FM 107.7/WNML-FM 99.1), 65 stations throughout Tennessee and the Southeast, SiriusXM (Ch. 84) and the SiriusXM app (Chapter 84) listen. 84) and the Varsity app. A live audio stream of the broadcast will also be available on UTSports.com and the Tennessee Athletics app. Fans attending the game are asked to listen to the radio broadcast on Vol Network Stadiumcast on 100.3 FM.

Bob Kesling (PxP), VFL Pat Ryan (analyst) and Brent Hubbs (analyst) will make the decision, while VFL Jayson Swain will do sideline duties for the Vol Network radio show. The pregame show “Big Orange Countdown” begins two hours before kickoff at 5:30 p.m. The pregame show is hosted each week by John Wilkerson, Brent Hubbs, VFL Jayson Swain and a rotating VFL special guest. The Vol Network will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2024.

The Spanish broadcast is available locally on WNML-AM 990, with Carlos Lopez (play-by-play) and VFL Fuad Reveiz in conversation. This version is also available on UTSports.com and the Tennessee Athletics app.

MUST KNOW

Successful open house week under Heupel
Josh Heupel In his six previous seasons as a head coach, he has an 8-1 record in games played after an open week, including a 3-0 record at Tennessee and a 5-1 record at UCF. The Vols are 85-49-9 all-time in open data and 51-35-2 in league play in open weeks. UT has outscored its opponents under Heupel on open schedules with wins at No. 18 Kentucky (2021), at No. 25 LSU (2022) and against Texas A&M (2023) by a score of 105-68.

Volumes are on the move again and want to continue the quick start
Tennessee will play its second straight primetime SEC away game when it takes on the Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Vols are off to a 4-0 start for the second time in three seasons under Heupel and have won six straight games since last season’s Nov. 25 game against Vanderbilt. That’s the fourth-longest current streak in the country behind Missouri (8), Army (8) and Duke (7). All six wins were by double digits. UT is seeking its first 5-0 start since 2022, Heupel’s second year.

Placed among the best in the nation
Tennessee enters this weekend’s game ranked in the top five nationally in 11 major categories: scoring offense (1st – 54.0), total defense (1st – 176.0), yards per play allowed (1st – 3rd, 13), Third Down Defense (1st – 17.0), First Down Defense (1st – 11.0), Scoring Defense (2nd – 7.0), Rushing Defense (2nd – 50.8) , Total Offensive (3rd – 565.8), Kickoff Return Defense (3rd – 5.0), Pass Defense (4th – 5.0) 125.3) and Rushing Offense (4th – 290.0).

The Vols are the only team in the country with a top-five rating in offense, best defense, best offense and best defense. The Big Orange have given up the fewest offensive touchdowns in the nation this season (2), and both came in the fourth quarter at Oklahoma – a 2-yard pass and a 1-yard rush. The other touchdown scored at UT this year was an 87-yard interception return by NC State. In 19 of the last 20 quarters against Tennessee, opponents failed to score an offensive touchdown.

Play with the main role
UT is one of four FBS programs to fall short this season, along with Texas, Indiana and Army. The Vols haven’t trailed in 24 straight quarters since last season’s Vanderbilt game. The last time Tennessee trailed was when it lost to top-ranked Georgia on November 18, 2023. The Vols led for 202 minutes and 53 seconds of game time this season and outscored their opponents 216-28. That plus-188 point differential is currently the best in the country and the seventh-best by an FBS team through four games since 2000. Tennessee is also outscoring its opponents 149-6 in the first half of the season.

HISTORY OF THE SERIES

Tennessee leads the series 13-6

Tennessee and Arkansas will meet for the 20th time and first since the COVID-shortened 2020 season in Fayetteville. The Vols lead the all-time series 13-6, but the Razorbacks have won the last three meetings.

The Big Orange are looking for their first win over Arkansas since a 34-13 victory in Knoxville in 2007. UT’s last road win in the series was a 13-3 triumph in 2001.

ABOUT ARKANSAS

The Razorbacks are led by fifth-year head coach Sam Pittman, who compiled an overall record of 26-27 during his tenure in Fayetteville. Arkansas enters the game ranked fourth in the SEC in total offense (495.0 ypg) and also boasts a strong rushing defense that is limiting opponents to just 93.0 yards per game on the ground. The Hogs have also been opportunistic with six interceptions this season, tied for the third-most interceptions in the conference.

Redshirt junior quarterback Taylen Green was the catalyst for the Razorbacks’ offense. He ranked fifth in the SEC in passing yards per game (247.2) and also entered the contest as the team’s second-leading rusher with 331 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. The Boise State transfer has thrown five touchdown passes, but has also been intercepted five times and is completing just 54.3 percent of his pass attempts. Utah transfer running back Ja’Quinden Jackson was also a key playmaker, reaching the end zone nine times and ranking third in the league in rushing yards per game (101.8).

Senior linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr. leads the defense with 32 total tackles and four tackles for loss, including a sack. Second-year safety TJ Metcalf is tied for the lead in the SEC and third in the FBS with three interceptions and is the Razorbacks’ second-leading tackler with 29 stops this year.