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College Football: Predicting each weekly 2017 College GameDay destination

By Trevor Jossart

BRISTOL, TN - SEPTEMBER 10: Fans of the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Tennessee Volunteers cheer during ESPN's College Gameday prior to the game at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 10, 2016 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Shroyer/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, TN - SEPTEMBER 10: Fans of the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Tennessee Volunteers cheer during ESPN's College Gameday prior to the game at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 10, 2016 in Bristol, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Shroyer/Getty Images) /
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Georgia defender Bryan Evans breaks up a pass to Tennessee receiver Robert Meachem during the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers at Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA on October 7, 2006. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
Georgia defender Bryan Evans breaks up a pass to Tennessee receiver Robert Meachem during the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers at Sanford Stadium in Athens, GA on October 7, 2006. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /

Week 5: Georgia at Tennessee

Honorable Mention

  • Clemson at Virginia Tech
  • Houston at Temple

The end of September means we are getting into the thick of the conference schedules, which gives the college football world much more compelling matchups and thus making it harder to decide where the coveted popular ESPN show will end up.

Week five does not pose this problem.

Georgia and Tennessee gave us one of the most exciting games of the entire 2016 schedule last season, a contest that accounted for three separate go ahead touchdowns in the final three minutes of the game, one of which was a Hail Mary caught by Tennessee’s Jauan Jennings as time expired. This, of course, was ten seconds after Georgia retook the lead with a 47-yard touchdown pass themselves.

Not only will the week five meeting between the Bulldogs and Volunteers be one of the more nationally watched games, but it is a huge early season showdown between SEC East opponents and a major factor in who will be playing in the SEC Championship game.

Dubbed the weaker link of the two conference divisions, winning games against fellow division members is a must in the SEC due to the imbalanced schedules. The winner of this game will have a leg up for the rest of the season and a true shot of winning the East.

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Georgia has not appeared in a College GameDay contest since 2013 and 14 of the 17 total appearances they have ever been in have been on the road. On the flip side, Tennessee was involved in three separate happenings in 2016, all of which game in a six-week span. The Volunteers went 2-1 in those games, with their only loss coming on the road at Texas A&M in double overtime.

Tennesse has won the last two meetings vs. Georgia.

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