2023
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Main Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| DataDrivenPirate | 4 | |
| RobertNeyland | 4 | |
| shadowwingnut | 4 | |
| 70stang | 5 | In the final 2022 Poll (both AP and /r/CFB), Alabama was ranked one spot above Tennessee despite having an identical record and a loss to the Vols, as well as to a team the Vols stomped. My preseason poll does not reflect anything about the coming 2023 season, just carries over some slightly adjusted results from 2022 until my resume-based model has some games to work with. |
| CFBHurts | 5 | |
| ChargerFan2121 | 5 | |
| CptCheese | 5 | |
| fo13 | 5 | |
| goblue10 | 5 | |
| hascogrande | 5 | |
| NotSoSuperNerd | 5 | 2.75 |
| RiffRamBahZoo | 5 | |
| Ticklebump | 5 | |
| vanburen1845 | 5 | |
| bakonydraco | 6 | 74.647 |
| bwburke94 | 6 | |
| D1N2Y | 6 | |
| Maladroit44 | 6 | |
| Meany_Vizzini | 6 | 20.5 |
| romulusjsp | 6 | |
| Ch-i-ef | 7 | |
| GeauxTri | 7 | |
| Jakesnake42 | 7 | |
| JeromesNiece | 7 | |
| nburt13 | 7 | |
| rain_parkour | 7 | Lots of ifs to be answered after last season |
| TaylorLeprechaun | 7 | |
| AudiieVerbum | 8 | |
| Blazeth | 8 | |
| Charlemagne42 | 8 | |
| djowen68 | 8 | |
| Dropbackandpunt | 8 | |
| ewolfy13 | 8 | |
| GilBrandt | 8 | |
| joebob431 | 8 | |
| Longvols | 8 | |
| MADBuc49 | 8 | |
| Our-Gardian-Angel | 8 | |
| physedka | 8 | |
| Pikachu1989 | 8 | |
| practicallybert | 8 | |
| RegulatorRWF | 8 | |
| Ruhrgebietheld | 8 | |
| skuhlke | 8 | |
| Staind075 | 8 | |
| T-nawtical | 8 | |
| Terminal_BAS | 8 | |
| TimeBroken | 8 | |
| tmothy07 | 8 | |
| washington_jefferson | 8 | |
| AllHawkeyesGoToHell | 9 | |
| Archaic_1 | 9 | |
| Arteza147 | 9 | |
| BUSean | 9 | |
| Corgi_Koala | 9 | Love Tennessee as the second best team in the East, but Milton still needs to show consistency and there's a pretty big gap between them and UGA. If they beat UGA though, the sky is the limit with the offensive firepower on this team. |
| cornholesurfer | 9 | |
| DaewooLanosMFerrr | 9 | |
| Hobbes_121 | 9 | |
| HUSKEROYAL | 9 | |
| ikindalikelemons | 9 | I think Joe Milton is a greatly improved passer. But he is a gunslinger, and gunslingers are dangerous. If this offense can keep it up from last year, though, they could have a good run in them. Bonus: they get Georgia at home. |
| Pollaski | 9 | |
| PumpSmash | 9 | |
| ReallyCreative | 9 | |
| sasmith2015 | 9 | |
| T-Thugs | 9 | |
| Texasagsman | 9 | |
| w8w8 | 9 | |
| Xtremeloco | 9 | |
| 12panther | 10 | |
| BRNXB0MBERS | 10 | |
| crownebeach | 10 | Tennessee is not going to be bad by any stretch. But last year, the Vols would probably have been encouraged by a 9-4 season. This year 9-4 will feel very disappointing. |
| dan4223 | 10 | |
| ExternalTangents | 10 | |
| fourpinz8 | 10 | |
| galacticdude7 | 10 | |
| icklebush | 10 | |
| nbingham196 | 10 | |
| nw____ | 10 | If Milton plays like he did in the Orange Bowl, they may be a top 4-5 team |
| PromEmperorHarbaugh | 10 | |
| scronko | 10 | |
| SkiFlashing | 10 | |
| studio_sally | 10 | |
| wameron | 10 | |
| WarEagle9 | 10 | |
| 311polo | 11 | |
| BamaPride95 | 11 | |
| Bank_Gothic | 11 | |
| BearsAreGreat1 | 11 | |
| BosskOnASegway | 11 | |
| ChaseTheFalcon | 11 | |
| CockADoodleBOOM | 11 | |
| COLU_BUS | 11 | |
| Drexlore | 11 | |
| DylanCarlson3 | 11 | |
| IceColdDrPepper_Here | 11 | |
| jrluhn | 11 | |
| kflinderman | 11 | |
| lillipup03 | 11 | |
| Mr_Brews | 11 | |
| one98d | 11 | |
| outthawazoo | 11 | |
| Pure_Protein_Machine | 11 | |
| Rakarei | 11 | |
| roaddogg | 11 | |
| RollWarTideEagle | 11 | |
| Striker743 | 11 | 69 |
| tdeff19 | 11 | |
| ThaCarter | 11 | |
| the_neverdoctor | 11 | |
| TouchdownHeroes | 11 | |
| ya111101 | 11 | |
| Zloggt | 11 | Like FSU, Tennessee is back in style! But can they capture lightning in a bottle again? |
| _fastball | 12 | |
| ALStark69 | 12 | -6 |
| bannista7 | 12 | |
| bretticus33 | 12 | Tennessee was a surprise team in 2022 and they return a lot of players and production from that season. The most notable change will be at QB where Joe Milton takes the reigns. He lit up the Orange Bowl against Clemson, where he showed off his physical skills. If he can find more consistency and develop the mental side of the position more, which he can with Josh Heupel, then Tennessee should be pushing for a NY6 bowl again. |
| captain_sasquatch | 12 | |
| Casaiir | 12 | |
| chweris | 12 | |
| DarkLegend64 | 12 | |
| eclectic_tastes | 12 | |
| grjohnst | 12 | |
| Lex_Ludorum | 12 | |
| nemoran | 12 | |
| noahthearc | 12 | |
| PHubbs | 12 | |
| RavenclawWiz816 | 12 | |
| tauzeta | 12 | |
| TDenverFan | 12 | |
| UNC_Samurai | 12 | |
| VerySeriousBanana | 12 | |
| arrowfan624 | 13 | |
| BigBoutros | 13 | |
| Blooblod | 13 | |
| darkra01 | 13 | |
| dogwoodmaple | 13 | |
| Due_Connection179 | 13 | |
| GoBlueScrewOSU7 | 13 | |
| Hackasizlak | 13 | |
| halldaylong | 13 | |
| Helifino | 13 | |
| hendarvich | 13 | |
| Hugefootballfan44 | 13 | |
| I_am_bot_beep_boop | 13 | |
| JohnWickStuntDouble | 13 | |
| justsaynotoreddit | 13 | 0.7709 |
| MahjongDaily | 13 | |
| malowry0124 | 13 | |
| monkeymatt1836 | 13 | |
| Muffinnnnnnn | 13 | |
| NyquillusDillwad20 | 13 | Tennessee could be a CFP darkhorse if Joe Milton can play well. Unfortunately he hasn't been very consistent in the past so I'm hesitant to place them any higher at the time being. |
| peachios | 13 | Milton looks great, perhaps could go up a ton in the sec |
| sirgippy | 13 | |
| tallg8tor | 13 | |
| texas2089 | 13 | |
| thexraptor | 13 | |
| woakley | 13 | Recruiting Rank #15 Poll Rank #6 Production Rank #33 Overall Weighted Number 19.05 |
| 52hoova | 14 | |
| Acm0028 | 14 | |
| DFWSFO | 14 | |
| EpicSchwinn | 14 | Who knows? Was last year a fluke? I hope not. If Milton plays to his potential and has a supporting cast on par with Hooker’s last year, the ceiling is higher. |
| falconlover79 | 14 | |
| Feral_Squirrel | 14 | |
| jjjoebox | 14 | |
| kamiller2020 | 14 | |
| molodyets | 14 | |
| pileatedloon | 14 | |
| RegionalBias | 14 | |
| retnuh101 | 14 | |
| SpadeRyker | 14 | |
| tdoger | 14 | |
| typicaliconoclast | 14 | |
| admiraltarkin | 15 | |
| AlexanderComet | 15 | |
| AlphaH4wk | 15 | |
| BallSoHerd | 15 | |
| CambodianDrywall | 15 | |
| fredmerc111 | 15 | If you’re sitting in the 15th row of the stadium, watch out. You’re in the Joe Milton Danger Zone™️. After last season success I don’t think you can entirely count out the Vols, but I don’t think anyone can accurately predict where these guys might end up. |
| HarbingerOfFun | 15 | |
| HHcougar | 15 | Tennessee has a lot of expectations for the year. They don't live up to them but have a good year regardless. I still don't believe Tennessee was ever consistently really good. |
| magnumweiner | 15 | |
| Megalomanizac | 15 | |
| MoneyManeVick | 15 | |
| plannedsickdays | 15 | |
| Red261 | 15 | |
| seaotter2 | 15 | |
| SteemieRayVaughn | 15 | |
| The_Good_Constable | 15 | |
| coletheredditer | 16 | Joe Milton may have the best arm in all of College Football power wise, accuracy wise you pray every time he throws a deep ball. |
| corundum9 | 16 | |
| DrKennethJNoisewater | 16 | |
| jthomas694 | 16 | |
| kdcoltred | 16 | |
| SlaminSammons | 16 | |
| A_Rolling_Baneling | 17 | |
| oghawks18 | 17 | Might see some small regression, still a great team and the offense is still loaded. Defense is still a question mark. |
| CharlemagneOfTheUSA | 18 | |
| Nathanael-Greene | 18 | |
| ndbroski | 18 | |
| placid_salad | 18 | |
| RheagarTargaryen | 18 | |
| ToeInDigDeep | 18 | |
| Branzilla91 | 19 | |
| ucieaters33 | 19 | |
| Hey_Its_Roomie | 20 | |
| cyberchaox | 21 | When I said "UT", I was referring to both of them, but even with all of the graduating talent, Tennessee shouldn't completely fall off...right? |
| Johnnycockseed | 21 |
Provisional Poll Voters
| User | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| TheSlyPudding | 3 | |
| Nayko | 4 | |
| boomersooner222 | 5 | |
| cmcabrera | 5 | |
| frone | 5 | |
| mathmanhale | 5 | |
| notsmartprivate | 5 | |
| Player_1_has_Joined | 5 | |
| redrumsoxLoL | 5 | |
| seantgs | 5 | |
| the_lost_carrot | 5 | |
| TheNSAAgent777 | 5 | |
| tunaduck | 5 | |
| bread_bird | 6 | |
| DoAsRomansDo | 6 | |
| FourteenClocks | 6 | What a year these guys had. They had a couple of embarrassing outings--as does anybody who beats Saban in the regular season, it seems, as an Ole Miss fan I am quite aware of the curse that ties itself to that achievement--but boy, Heupel might be their answer. Getting to host Georgia is a huge story, and they could be perfect heading into that matchup. Put on your overalls--this team is fun again. |
| kevinsdomain | 6 | |
| manbeardawg | 6 | |
| mikecsiy | 6 | |
| StannisGrammarMannis | 6 | |
| TheRedKing75 | 6 | |
| TinderForMidgets | 6 | The Volunteers lose Hendon Hooker but get an experienced transfer in Joe Milton. Perhaps the change of scenary will do him wonders. The Volunteers are talented and at least have relative stability at the most important position in all of football. The ranking could be lower but Tennessee has been recruiting well perhaps they'll see some on that recruiting impact on-field results. |
| Totes_Not_an_NSA_guy | 6 | |
| bbshock21 | 7 | |
| donbagert | 7 | Can their luck hold out this year? |
| Dontworryaboutit1 | 7 | |
| GarethSchilly | 7 | Biggest question mark. Can they do it w/o Hooker? I think they can. |
| RealignmentJunkie | 7 | |
| samuelbassett | 7 | |
| TadKosciuszko | 7 | |
| yousmelllikebiscuits | 7 | |
| Bereft13 | 8 | |
| BertGallagher | 8 | |
| camus69x | 8 | |
| ch1l1_ch33s3 | 8 | |
| ETHTrillionaire | 8 | |
| Greyson04 | 8 | |
| grtgbln | 8 | |
| IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT | 8 | |
| jaybigs | 8 | |
| jibberishdhyukl | 8 | Coming off their best season in years |
| JustinMSU21 | 8 | |
| KrispyKangaroo96 | 8 | |
| lowcontrol | 8 | |
| mcguffinman | 8 | |
| Protoco2 | 8 | |
| RootBeerBloat | 8 | |
| stew_pac | 8 | |
| stoeseri000 | 8 | |
| UVUboi2 | 8 | |
| ziggysaysnada | 8 | |
| bethe2ndmouse | 9 | |
| bloodmuffins793 | 9 | |
| Butternades | 9 | |
| colton_97 | 9 | |
| FigletPiglet | 9 | 1.896 |
| FloridaBoy317 | 9 | |
| Jay682002 | 9 | |
| mubert | 9 | |
| Murphanian | 9 | |
| Ok_Elderberry7070 | 9 | |
| OldCoaly | 9 | |
| Piptit | 9 | |
| ReadySetMeow | 9 | |
| spmartin1993 | 9 | |
| squibby | 9 | |
| tapswitch | 9 | |
| titansfan174 | 9 | |
| True_Ad5324 | 9 | Could be really good but could easily be out of top 15 |
| Zzyzx8 | 9 | |
| 10catsinspace | 10 | |
| AeolusA2 | 10 | |
| AnAngryPanda1 | 10 | |
| ballstar03 | 10 | |
| BoukenGreen | 10 | |
| bthombeast | 10 | |
| CaptainScuttlebottom | 10 | |
| Devintheroaster | 10 | |
| drneilpretenamen | 10 | |
| ItsFreakinHarry2 | 10 | |
| J4ckiebrown | 10 | |
| journey1986 | 10 | |
| just-regular-I-guess | 10 | |
| Keveroni | 10 | |
| Kodak6lack | 10 | |
| Loopylime | 10 | |
| MyCatsNameIsMilton | 10 | |
| ogpeplowski64 | 10 | |
| PSUMediaPA | 10 | |
| Pylon-Cam | 10 | |
| Starwarsewok | 10 | |
| TheGred03 | 10 | |
| Thehomelessguy11 | 10 | |
| Tylex123 | 10 | |
| Weekly_Flatworm5707 | 10 | |
| 59brad | 11 | |
| 70277027 | 11 | |
| ActuallyJasonPrice | 11 | |
| Bandos_Bear | 11 | |
| Blyvzy | 11 | |
| brucewaynewins | 11 | |
| CarnellWilliams | 11 | |
| Consistent_Train128 | 11 | |
| DownshiftGD | 11 | |
| entropy888 | 11 | |
| evil_muffins_5436 | 11 | |
| FrolfAholic | 11 | |
| Harpua99 | 11 | |
| Jadenflo | 11 | |
| losbullitt | 11 | |
| MemeofMemeJTG999999 | 11 | Next Week: vs Virginia |
| MuhMuhManRay | 11 | |
| narwhalz27 | 11 | |
| newSomberMan | 11 | |
| saquad69 | 11 | |
| ScaratheBear | 11 | Those damn Gamecocks. If not for laying a fat egg in Colombia, Josh Heupel and the Vols may have been in the playoff instead of Ohio State. The biggest question for the Vols? Can Joe Milton fill Hendon Hookers shoes? If not, can Nico Iamaleava step up in his Freshman year? The Vols must navigate a mine filled schedule, with UTSA, Texas A&M, Alabama, and of course Georgia. Other problems are creeping around too. The Vols must replace 3 members of last years good offensive line. More importantly, can the secondary improve from... lets be honest, outright atrocious to serviceable? The ceiling for the Vols is high, but the floor is low too. |
| Scott72901 | 11 | |
| siggyrambler | 11 | |
| SIMBONEGTP | 11 | |
| Somali-Pirate-Lvl100 | 11 | |
| spaceblev11 | 11 | As long as Josh Heupel is the coach, Tennessee will be fine. See you in the Orange Bowl (Peyton gets PTSD) |
| TheBeekman8 | 11 | |
| ViewFrom209 | 11 | |
| Witness_Gritness | 11 | |
| attax | 12 | |
| big_thunder_man | 12 | |
| bigmac_3 | 12 | |
| Chipsahoy523 | 12 | |
| ClandestineFox | 12 | |
| ColombianInIowa24 | 12 | |
| Dan20698 | 12 | |
| DeerPrison | 12 | |
| ianmcmoney | 12 | |
| JBonkies | 12 | |
| JoeFreshwata | 12 | |
| judolphin | 12 | |
| KyleAg06 | 12 | |
| ManiacalBlazer | 12 | |
| mithrandir2398 | 12 | |
| OSU_Shecter | 12 | |
| PAWGAllenFieldhouse | 12 | |
| qwer546 | 12 | |
| Spacesurfer6 | 12 | Could jump up high if the offense continues to perform and the defense can make a stop or two a game |
| StateOfTheArt- | 12 | |
| StumpVanDerHuge | 12 | |
| tcomn | 12 | |
| throwaway_6786 | 12 | This might be a little harsh towards Tennessee, but losing Hooker & Hyatt + bad defensive performances + not having too much sustained success in recent years leaves me to drop Tennessee quite a bit from their 2022 finish at #5. We'll see how the Vols handle the pressure of following up a great season, but I have confidence that Josh Heupel can keep the offense rolling with Milton, Wright, Small, White, McCoy, and a solid O-line. The main reason I dropped them 7 spots is their defense, so if the Vols win games and look better on defense, they'll be back in the top 10 before you can say "Rocky Top". |
| tms42206 | 12 | |
| twr96 | 12 | |
| ard8 | 13 | |
| BananaBouquet | 13 | |
| corona779 | 13 | |
| diehardcubforever | 13 | |
| Doogitywoogity | 13 | |
| dterp13 | 13 | |
| Fantastic-Calendar-9 | 13 | |
| GreenAndYellow12 | 13 | |
| Mini-Mussolini | 13 | |
| thejawa | 13 | |
| alwaysveryconflicted | 14 | |
| Maize_n_Boom | 14 | |
| mcdsmaster8824 | 14 | |
| ndbfsu22 | 14 | |
| PlactusTX | 14 | |
| RadiationRichard | 14 | |
| rgalexan | 14 | |
| SundownSaloon | 14 | One of the most exciting team in the SEC slate. I will keep my eyes on them. |
| Underground_Bread | 14 | |
| URhyno | 14 | |
| Xy13 | 14 | |
| divey043 | 15 | |
| donald_flap | 15 | loss of a lot of talent from last year |
| GeyWeyner12 | 15 | |
| leadbymight | 15 | |
| mthompson2320 | 15 | |
| PerfectZeroKnowledge | 15 | |
| PNW_Jeff | 15 | |
| ProudlyUnflaired | 15 | |
| Pyroblockx | 15 | |
| TheThirdViceroy | 15 | |
| TommyTwoTaps | 15 | |
| UnkelEarl | 15 | |
| charmingcharles2896 | 16 | Joe Milton will never be the QB that his predecessor, Hendon Hooker was. The dude is like an ICBM with no guidance computer, all power no precision. Other than that, the Vols return a lot of talent and may win a fair number of games. Joe Milton holds them back though. |
| chillmagic420 | 16 | |
| Dawg-Bite | 16 | |
| good4steve | 16 | |
| mill1634 | 16 | |
| Noelthemexican | 16 | |
| SpursUpSoundsGudToMe | 16 | I'm inclined to believe they will miss Hooker's accuracy and consistency a great deal, still a good team, but I don't think it will look as pretty as last season. |
| thehornedlamb | 16 | |
| Actual_Yellow8728 | 17 | |
| cfbpeoplespoll | 17 | Lower than normal returning production and unknown long-term QB solution. |
| demolisty24 | 17 | |
| IDropFatLogs | 17 | TN can rise fast if they have the qb they think they have |
| OG_Felwinter | 17 | |
| TheFalconGuy | 17 | |
| Tornadohunter24 | 17 | |
| JetoGrov | 18 | Losses to Bama and UGA seem guaranteed. Likely another loss or two hiding in there between UF, UTSA, UK, Mizzou. The irrational TN fans will see this as a disappointment, but Heupel has things moving in the right direction, this program would have killed for an Outback Bowl 4 years ago. |
| MajikSix | 18 | |
| thatoneguyD13 | 18 | |
| IAmJohnnyJB | 19 | |
| usernamegoeshere763 | 19 | |
| HideNZeke | 20 | |
| Sflabuckeye13 | 20 | |
| maknasty09 | 21 | |
| maxwell6233 | 21 | |
| twitter_paulbd | 24 | [2x] |
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