No. 23 Tennessee will play Illinois within the 2025 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 (4:30 p.m. CT ESPN), at Nissan Stadium in accordance to a number of sources who requested to stay nameless.
Tennessee (8-4) reached the Music City Bowl after being No. 11 in US LBM Coaches Poll and the AP ballot on Oct. 12. after the fourth week of the season. Then issues began to take a flip for the more severe. The Vols dropped after shedding to Alabama, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt over the past six weeks of the season.
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Illinois (8-4) additionally began the season robust posting a 5-1 report following a 43-27 win over Purdue. The Fighting Illini then misplaced three of their subsequent 5 video games earlier than ending the season with a 20-13 victory over Northwestern.
Tennessee final performed within the Music City Bowl in 2021 when it misplaced to Purdue, 48-45, in extra time. This shall be Illinois’ first time to play within the Music City Bowl.
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