The No. 9 Tennessee Vols (10-2) make their College Football Playoff debut in a tough environment at No. 8 Ohio State (10-2) on Saturday in a first-round matchup. Tennessee recovered from a surprising loss at Arkansas earlier in the season to win six of its last seven and make the field as an at-large team. Ohio State was pacing towards a spot in the Big Ten title game and a chance at a possible bye and No. 1 or No. 2 overall seed, but an upset loss at the hands of rival Michigan in the regular season finale derailed that path. 

Kickoff from Ohio Stadium is set for 8 p.m. ET. The Buckeyes are 7-point favorites in the latest Ohio State vs. Tennessee odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 47. Ohio State is the -286 favorite (risk $286 to win $100) on the money line.

Before making any Tennessee vs. Ohio State picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine CFB expert Emory Hunt is on. 

Hunt, a former collegiate running back and the CEO of Football Gameplan, is one of SportsLine's top CFB experts. He's on a 66-48 roll on his CFB picks this year and he is an AMAZING 16-7 (+913) on his last 23 picks in games involving Tennessee! Anybody following is WAY UP!

Now, Hunt has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Ohio State vs. Tennessee.

We can tell you he's leaning Over the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Tennessee vs. Ohio State in the College Football Playoff first round, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the spread hits HARD, all from the expert who is an AMAZING 16-7 on picks involving the Vols!