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2026 Week 7 Tennessee Volunteers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
DavoinShower-handle	8
galacticdude7	10	Predicted Record: 10-2 Losses: Texas (17-20), Alabama
BananaBouquet	11
Cecil_Hardboner	11
Conglossian	11	-1
diehardcubforever	11
fshi	11
G-Aardvark	11
hascogrande	11
Pikachu1989	11
Rakarei	11
TheNSAAgent777	11
Chipsahoy523	12	+2
CRedds19	12
DarthYoda2594	12
ExternalTangents	12	Overall +18.4; offense +11.2 (13th), defense -7.3 (24th)
Fmeson	12
Hobbes_121	12
IAmAChemicalEngineer	12
Jerrywelfare	12
justsaynotoreddit	12
Polarbear1914	12
r0sco	12
SwissArmyScythe	12	-2
TheZachster	12
vanburen1845	12
w8w8	12
ALStark69	13	-1; struggled to woo pig? I already know the Bama game is gonna be uncomfortably close
Bank_Gothic	13
blahblehblahwhoru	13
boxbeat	13
conchobor	13
Darth_Ra	13
Drexlore	13
dubscurry30	13	+2
dukemetoo	13
GeauxTri	13	Wins at Georgia Tech, over Auburn, and at Arkansas; only loss is to Texas.
Hackasizlak	13
HelioOne	13
JamoRedhead	13
NotSoSuperNerd	13	1.751 [8.12-3.88]
RobertNeyland	13
RollWarTideEagle	13
romulusjsp	13
SlaminSammons	13
Striker743	13	Down 3 - Texas loss looks worse, played a bad Arkansas team close
tdeff19	13
TopGoose	13
twitter_paulbd	13	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #5 Texas
WarEagle9	13
12panther	14
52hoova	14
_fastball	14
bernkastel87	14
BorisNumber1	14
Buckeyes2010	14
BUSean	14
CambodianDrywall	14
Casaiir	14
cinciforthewin	14
GoBlueScrewOSU7	14
Jakesnake42	14	That certainly was.....a performance....against Arkansas. Last Week: #19
jrichardh	14
Longvols	14
malowry0124	14
nemoran	14
noodlethebear	14
Our-Gardian-Angel	14
owlalwaysloveyew	14
penisthightrap_	14
Player_1_has_Joined	14
Pure_Protein_Machine	14
RedBarracuda25	14
seaotter2	14
shifty1032231	14
sirvalkyerie	14
soonerfreak	14
Staind075	14
SteemieRayVaughn	14
TDenverFan	14
TheUltimate721	14
TossedRightOut	14
udderlymoovelous	14
chweris	15
Corgi_Koala	15
CptCheese	15
cyclonepsycho	15
DampFrijoles	15
dschinghiskhan	15
e8odie	15
grey_pilgrim_	15
grjohnst	15
JeromesNiece	15
jonstark19	15
KansasEF5Tornado	15
Keener1899	15
laprasrules	15
Lex_Ludorum	15
MahjongDaily	15
mellolizard	15
Mr_Brews	15
nbingham196	15
NyquillusDillwad20	15
pileatedloon	15
Pollaski	15
PSUMediaPA	15
RJEP22	15
Roscoe_Filburn	15
sgtshenanigans	15	The Volunteers managed to make this a close game against possibly the worst team in the SEC Arkansas. I don't think Tennessee has a legitimate QB. It feels obvious that Tennessee is fraudulent (at least offensively) but I'm not too sure there are many teams at this point that are true contenders for the playoffs.
spmartin1993	15
sroach91	15
Techwid	15
velociraptorfarmer	15
visor841	15
Xtremeloco	15
Zloggt	15	...this team REALLY should not be Top 15 lmao
Acm0028	16
bakonydraco	16	85.887
bannista7	16
Blooblod	16
djowen68	16
Euphoric_Relative_13	16
GenialGiant	16
joebob431	16
Luigiatl	16
MemeofMemeJTG999999	16	(5-1) (down 2) W: 24-17 @ Arkansas (2-4) Next Week: vs #7 Alabama (5-1) Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Nebraska
noahthearc	16
PattyKane16	16
PlactusTX	16	LW: NR | Tier 2 | W Arkansas
RegionalBias	16
retnuh101	16
Shion314	16
smartkeg	16	Road wins vs GTech and Arkansas and a close loss to Texas. A good, credible resume without a truly elite win.
texas2089	16
Texasagsman	16
TheReformedBadger	16
tomdawg0022	16
Wescat	16
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	16	(-2)
Zef_Apollo	16
bretticus733	17
brucewaynewins	17
ChBass	17	The close loss to the longhorns doesn't hurt, but their best win is against Auburn. A bruised Bama comes to town next week to give them a shot a signature win.
chillmagic420	17
daredassdude	17
Dropbackandpunt	17
ewolfy13	17
flyingcircusdog	17
frone	17
jmac_21	17
KJdkaslknv	17
mthompson2320	17	LW: 18
RheagarTargaryen	17
royrules22	17
sirgippy	17	GippyRank expected rank: 12.8. Central 80% interval: 4–24. Top-25 probability: 92%.
studio_sally	17
Tarmacked	17	This Tennessee QB situation is hell
titansfan174	17
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	18
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	18
Bill3ffinMurray	18
BuckeyeForLife95	18	3.86
Cassiyus	18
ch1l1_ch33s3	18
Charlemagne42	18	Adjustment: 28.1%
COLU_BUS	18
Daigotsu	18
ehoefler	18	78.50 | +2
HieloLuz	18	Quality but close win over an Auburn team that is also very hard to pin down. Close loss to Texas is among the best of the bucket, but their win is the most suspect. Bucket E ↓
jbowen1	18
mcdsmaster8824	18
owl_man	18
PeteyNice	18
Pyromania1983	18
strikersteve60	18
T-nawtical	18
thomasosu	18
TolkienFan71	18
BallSoHerd	19
ChaseTheFalcon	19
ChemicalOle	19
ColombianInIowa24	19	34.03 - Up next, Alabama!
Hugefootballfan44	19	LW: 19
MADBuc49	19	+2
ManiacalBlazer	19	75.288, (5-1). Gained 4 spots against last week's computer poll despite losing a bit in their rating.
plannedsickdays	19
T-Thugs	19	Tennessee is 5-1 with a decent win over Auburn (3-2, beat Baylor). Also beat Arkansas (2-4).
TouchdownHeroes	19
AlexanderComet	20
cvsprinter1	20	1-loss
deadtofall12	20
Doogitywoogity	20	Arkansas 🤨 hope that’s a kick in the pants for getting ready for Alabama next week or you’re gonna drop out of the rankings at least for a bit.
elnino550	20
EpicSchwinn	20
hypercube42342	20	Power 16 / Resume 27
JustAManAndHisLaptop	20
Klaassy23	20
Noy_Telinu	20	Please shove Bama out of the CFB playoff please
nw____	20	WAY too close for comfort against Arkansas. Maybe bailed out by weird coaching decisions from Arkansas here?
SCsprinter13	20
StFuzzySlippers	20	It's like they are playing chicken with how bad they can look while still pulling out a win.
budget_um	21	Most fraudulent one-loss team in the country. But Texas is still a good 1 loss
dabul-master	21
douchebagjack	21	Best 3 Wins: Auburn, Georgia Tech, Arkansas. 1 Losses: Texas. Arkansas win doesn't change anything, but 5-1, only lost to Texa, not bad tier 3b: 1-loss teams with a loss to a top team, but haven't beat anyone good yet. Iowa beat Michigan, most legit win besides oregon, lost to ohio st most legit loss. wake beat louisville, but lost to miami, etc etc tulsa + oregon > texas + auburn > notre dame + penn state oklahoma state > tennessee > wisconsin
fredmerc111	21
GatorBolt	21
Helifino	21
HideNZeke	21
IceColdDrPepper_Here	21
jjjoebox	21
luckroy	21
one98d	21
ruwisc	21
SpadeRyker	21
spsellers	21
True_Ad5324	21	-
UNC_Samurai	21
Xy13	21
arbadak	22	.753 rating, 5-1, SOS .542 (NEW, +4)
ikindalikelemons	22
infinitempg	22	0.798, +15
kflinderman	22
Maladroit44	22	Oh god it's Alabama week. You might look at Tennessee and see that they're 5-1, with that one loss by just three points at home against a top-ten team. You might think that means they'll be competitive against Bama. If you believed any of that, you probably said the exact same thing when the Vols were in the exact same position last year, right before they got embarrassed by the Tide and finished 3-4. I'd like to believe history won't repeat itself, but I'm bracing for disappointment.
redwave2505	22
ryseing	22
SearonTrejorek	22	0.71912
AlphaH4wk	23
BearsAreGreat1	23
CommodoreN7	23
JustinMSU21	23
MemeLovingLoser	23	Score 69.10 (▲ 1.72) | Place Change: ▲ 4 | Previous Rank: 27th | Wins Composite Rank: 17th | SoS Composite Rank: 41st | Margin of Victory Rank: 22nd | Penalties Composite Rank: 76th | Yardage Composite Rank: 40th | Turnover Composite Rank: 63rd | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 69th | Other Stats Rank: 28th
nin478	23
Noelthemexican	23
olmsted	23
samspopguy	23
sickmemes48	23
TimeBroken	23
ToeInDigDeep	23	5-1; loss to Texas; win over Arkansas, Auburn
aggiebruin27	24
bladefencer	24	0.806, -4, Pow: 20, Off: 17, Def: 35, SOR: 25
BosskOnASegway	24	1737.8 -> 1732.5 [-5.3] (#18 -> #24)
eSpiritCorpse	24
Lefunnymaymays4lief	24	(-3) Fayettenam Schmayettenam, woof. Just not the way you want to win against a lifeless Arkansas team with the game in doubt in most of the contest. Between this uninspired performance and a very pissed off Bama TSIO is beginning to look like a potential splattering. Of course this means it’ll be the third Neyland Tennessee-Bama game in a row to go down to the wire
RiffRamBahZoo	24
SufferingfOrLife	24
TaylorLeprechaun	24	-1
A_Rolling_Baneling	25
BendrickLamar19	25
Bereft13	25	Power: 25, SoR: 22; LW: 18 | Next 5: Oklahoma State, Kentucky, Baylor, James Madison, Florida | Dropped: Florida, LSU, Pittsburgh, Duke
BoukenGreen	25
corundum9	25
DisraeliEers	25
hythloday1	25
Jay_Dubbbs	25
monkeymatt1836	25
Rcfan0902	25	779.87 (+8)
Sometimeswelose	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
BigGamesShouldCount	3
Rishik01	9
beckett929	10
BeyondLiesTheWub	10	change from last week: +5
bigred91224	10
logace444444444	10	I almost want to move them down because of close game with Arkansas but cannot quite do it.
ResearchFlaky5912	10	After an underwhelming performance against Arkansas, they stay put.
bendyburner	11
FindGreatness23	11
thatoneguyD13	11	Tier 4.
dee3Poh	12	.480
Effective-Lead-6657	12	(13) They needed a 4th Quarter comeback to beat Arkansas... I guess a win is a win. I'm worried that Bama will crush them.
Flaky_Bit6733	12
hbh110	12
JJones927	12
meristematic	12
ogsmurf826	12
Piptit	12
Spazzatack	12
_THE__BOULDER_	13	Bit of a struggle against Arkansas, requiring a 4th quarter rally to win it. George MacIntyre had an interesting game - a lot of yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs. He played the entire game and I'm unfamiliar with the Vols' inner workings but it looks like Faizon is benched - at least while he recovers from that lingering injury I heard he picked up against Texas.
FuzzyDunlop911	13
huntmant	13
Intelligent_Fix_6972	13
jmdinbtr	13
jwrtf	13
Klightgrove	13
mathmanhale	13
pongislame	13
Rhizical	13
RJTrey	13
S2OP	13	(+1)
samtaylor92	13
Select-Edge-3262	13	-2
spaceblev11	13
Tortillero96	13	+2 W (5-1) A +7 vs Arkansas (unranked) W (4-1) H +10 vs Auburn (unranked) L (3-1) H -3 vs Texas (1) W (3-0) H +33 vs Kennesaw St. (unranked) W (2-0) A +21 vs Georgia Tech (unranked) W (1-0) H +47 vs Furman (unranked)
WBLwiffleball	13
BoilerUp28	14
DillyDillySzn	14
GDSamstag	14
jtsmd2	14
kennethbring	14
KevinDoesSports	14	I felt really good about Tennessee when they almost beat Texas, I haven't ever since. Injuries have hurt, but they have not looked nearly as good against Auburn and Arkansas. Their almost win against Texas isn't as good anymore either.
LegendParkour	14
m3owzika	14
ndbfsu22	14
NebraskaPlainsman	14
NNul	14
PersianGuitarist	14
quantum_jedi	14	(52.22, +2) That was way closer than expected for the Vols over Arkansas. They'll need to get it together for Alabama next week.
rt13wx	14
TheCryptPartDeux	14
70277027	15
ArlyntheAwesome	15
ChiTrojan2	15
gonshpreds1	15
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	15	241
jis024	15
Living_Human	15	71.15
Lucaball3r	15
MyAngelMiraidon	15	+1 - Somehow won against Arkansas
Ok_Boysenberry716	15
Ok_Significance_3803	15
PrideSax711	15
PsychologicalFox8660	15
SpectralHydra	15
666PeaceKeepaGirl	16
DarthGlazer	16	i still don't see it tbh
g_trechel	16
Menktenk	16
NC_Pineapple	16
Original_Profile8600	16
saquad69	16
sportstrap	16
TyRoland06	16
Dawg-Bite	17
divey043	17
geordieColt88	17
GrimmacingGrinny	17
leadbymight	17
loneSTAR_06	17
meta_irl	17
myworld3	17
n8TLfan	17
Nath0leon	17	-4. Performance metrics took a hit after rough game against Arkansas.
SignificanceFirm2398	17
tbraptors	17
AMETSFAN	18
AoA_nB1	18	Bearish on the Vols, the wheels will be coming off shortly
EL-YEO	18
grahamca	18	T11ᵗʰ W/L, T21ˢᵗ Predicted Wins, 23ʳᵈ Team Strength, 18ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
idnttcrisis	18
SaguaroCactus19	18
bruhstevenson	19
ianmcmoney	19	81.63%
kevinsdomain	19
Noahsince2002	19
owl-bears	19
Pure-Shirt-5831	19
Repulsive_Rub6443	19
TomorrowFinal6642	19
BlueRFR3100	20
Hastronaut	20
HokiPoqi	20
Nervous_Metal_9445	20
newSomberMan	20
Protoco2	20
RowDull8230	20
CallMeTheKing	21	93-14-30
drewscottt	21	-3
dstrainr	21
mathwrath55	21	Resume ranking will pretty much move however Texas's predictive ranking moves, so they fell a little bit
Pyroblockx	21
Sflabuckeye13	21
SportsCat4	21
TheBeekman8	21
Yamiosum	21
2AcesRoth	22	net elo off def ridge fei conf +12.0 +10.9 31.8 20.8 +14.8 +10.1 SEC
Blazemaster77	22
buccaneerboy22	22
chief_sitass	22
gohncell	22
Isthmus11	22	5-1, if I could justify unranking this team I would. Heupul's post game speech in the locker room is insane to me, they almost lost a game to Arkansas and he is in there talking about how "there only job is to be the best team on the field and thats what we did" and celebrating with the team. That is laughable, this team is a clown show
jibberishdhyukl	22
manbeqrpig	22
maxwell6233	22
ninjatown23	22	I’m not a believer of this Volunteers squad, but they’re 5-1 and continue to win football games.
OG_Felwinter	22
Impossible-Still-349	23	(NEW!) here bc no one else fit
josh55134	23
Kirkwood641	23
Scruggerboy	23
Star_Wars_Sith	23
ted1995	23
bryophyta_insolitam	24
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	24
NA_Faker	24
FrontRunner51	25	(-5) Barely stayed in the top 25, just edging out Wisconsin Just out: #26 Wisconsin, #27 Arizona, #28 JMU
LightningDusty	25	↓1 RECEIVING VOTES: #26: USC | #27: Wisconsin | #28: Pittsburgh | #29: Baylor | #30: Memphis
NonZero-Chance	25
NoOutdoorSoup	25
Scottyfer	25
thehornedlamb	25
Yelich04	25	-

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Green = Hybrid

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