The No. 14 Bulldogs (15-3, 3-2 SEC) are on the road playing at No. 7 Tennessee (16-2, 3-2) on Tuesday (6 p.m., ESPN2). It’s their first matchup since MSU upset the Vols in the SEC Tournament last March.

It is a top-25 SEC battle as Mississippi State faces Tennessee. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Mississippi State-Tennessee prediction and pick. Mississippi State comes into the game at 15-3 on the year.

Nineteen of the teams currently ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll will be in action Saturday as a stacked college basketball schedule takes center stage here in mid-January. The fun begins in Lexington when No.