The 2020 college football season is technically three weeks old, but we've only been cruising along in about second gear. The weekend slates have not exactly been overloaded, and only two of five power conferences have gotten started to date.
That changes this weekend when the SEC, the power-iest of power conferences, kicks off. (The Big Ten will join the party in a month, and the Pac-12 could still choose to play around that time too.) To commemorate the occasion, let's make a quick run-through of this week's SEC slate. My SP+ ratings and the Las Vegas lines are awfully close for most of the games, but let's talk about the most important thing each team has to do to exceed projections and cover.
Tennessee Volunteers (-3.5) at South Carolina Gamecocks
SP+ projection: Tennessee by 4.6 (24.2-19.6)