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2016 Preseason Tennessee Volunteers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
ExternalTangents	2
NeauxRegrets	4
Xtremeloco	4	Either Tennessee makes it to playoffs this year or Josh Dobbs takes a rocket to Mars.  Either way I'm happy. 
DafoeFoSho	5
HarbingerOfFun	5
remwin	5
AaronRodgers16	6
eclectic_tastes	6	I've been buying Tennessee hype for a while now.  Last season I expected at least an SEC East title, and this season looks even more optimistic.  They return almost everyone from a pretty stacked team last year, and they have a great coach to lead them.  All they have to do now is win a rivalry game...
HUSKEROYAL	6
milesgmsu	6
taloncarde	6
tmart12	6	Returning starters; close to peaking in 2015 if 2nd half figured out
Acm0028	7
BrutonGaster77	7	Both of my parents went to Central Michigan, where Butch Jones absconded from in the middle of the night right before our bowl game in 2009. So, I'm not a fan.
bties	7
f0gax	7
grjohnst	7
jayhawx19	7
MrDoctorSmartyPants	7
MrTheSpork	7
sirgippy	7	Like ok, sure, this is a bit up there for a team who hasn't won ten games in almost a decade. But what else are you going to do? They're well positioned this year if everything clicks. I wouldn't be shocked by another year of 8-4, but their ceiling seems to warrant them being up here.
uwbjb	7
BaldEagle88	8
DoctorWhosOnFirst	8
FellKnight	8
Fifth_Down	8
flipadelphia17	8
G-manP	8	The Volunteers have improved by two wins each of the last two seasons under Butch Jones. With Josh Dobbs at the helm of the offense and Jalen Hurd lined up behind him, Tennessee could have one of their best offenses since The Sheriff was in town.
gohuskies	8	I'll take a gallon of the neon orange Kool-Aid. They're going to be very good and have no real weaknesses.
hokies220	8	HYPE TRAIN and all that, but Tennessee was damn impressive last year in the bowl win against Northwestern. Close losses to two playoff teams and Florida and returning a lot of starters make it sensible to have them preseason top 10.
ilovecfb	8
jeedf	8
mjurkiewicz	8
Mythic514	8	Tennessee or Michigan? Tough call. I see them as essentially identical teams. Great seasons last year, ton of returning starters, incredible momentum going into this year. I put Tennessee ahead just because of their play against CFP teams last year, their experience returning, and their defensive pickups this offseason. They improve on defense, which proved to be problematic last year in big games, while maintaining their strengths on offense. I put them slightly ahead of Michigan.
nickknx865	8
Pope_Jake	8
puffadda	8
RiffRamBahZoo	8
ssnider23	8	Tennessee returned about 80% of their roster that won 9 games and lost by 5 to Alabama, lost in OT to Oklahoma, and 2 other conference opponents in close games.  It's fair to say that I'm on the hype train, and they also had a fair recruitment class.
topher3003	8
ToxicSteve13	8
vanburen1845	8
WarEagle9	8
Wescat	8
XSavageWalrusX	8
Buckeyes2010	9
CantHousewifeaHo	9
Cheeseish	9
CockADoodleBOOM	9
corundum9	9	Hopefully Tenn drops their week 3 match up and I don't have to contemplate their hype through SEC play. On the other hand, it's hard seeing them lose more than two regular season games.
fitzmauricet	9
jlh2b	9
kamikazeguy	9	Return nearly everyone from what was probably one of the best teams in the nation through 3 quarters.  If Tennessee can stay in the game mentally for all 4 quarters, they should be able to make the SEC Championship game and have a big chance at an upset of the SEC West Champion.
Khavanon	9
longhorn2015	9
pascha	9
retnuh101	9
ToLongDR	9
TopheryG8er	9
ucieaters33	9
UNC_Samurai	9
wackywiener	9
WaffleIron278	9
AGSattack	10	Eventually they have to do something, right? RIGHT?!
Atoodope	10
Austinperroux	10
chceman	10
chweris	10
coreyfra	10
djowen68	10	Talent, Experience at QB and RB
Dropbackandpunt	10
esoterik	10
flyingcrayons	10
G-Aardvark	10
GoldenHawk07	10
gsuhooligan	10
Harry_B_C_Dresden	10
JCiLee	10
keytide22	10
meatfrappe	10
mickeyquicknumbers	10	With Bob Shoop now manning the defense, and an abundance of high-quality starters returning, I expect this defense to move from being pretty good to borderline-elite. On offense, the experience alone makes me think this team will have consistency working in its favor, with fewer and fewer drives falling apart due to rookie mistakes at any level. Still I think questions remain for the Vols as Jalen Hurd had questionable efficiency and lackluster explosiveness, Dobbs looked worse than mediocre in his downfield passing game, and the Vols return only one receiver with more than 310 receiving yards; their lack of explosive offensive play may end up costing them several games this year. 
monkeymatt1836	10	Tennessee returns practically everyone from a talented team who went 9-4 last year. They simply could not finish games in the 4th quarter last year. If this years Tennessee squad can play a complete game, look for them to compete for the SEC title and perhaps the CFP. 
plannedsickdays	10
Plneapple	10
SCRx	10
SmokingCricket	10
SpeedxKills	10	Will 2016 finally be their year? A combination of one of the most talented rosters in the nation (#9 in 2016 247 talent composite) and one of the most experience teams in the nation (#11 in most returning experience by SB Nation) suggests 2016 just might be there year they deliver on the preseason hype. 
stephenbawesome	10
sunburn_on_the_brain	10	I would rank them higher but I don't know how much I trust Dobbs.  They could make a lot of noise this year, but they have to finish games.
THECrew42	10
admiraltarkin	11
antiherowes	11
bluegrassborn	11
BoboIsDead	11
Branzilla91	11
BugsSuck	11
CFSparta92	11
dabul-master	11
Disregardskarma	11
kdbvols	11	Probably a bit of homerism, but they're also pretty low by a lot of standards.  I think Butch finally gets them there, beats Florida, loses to either the iPhones or Bama, but ultimately makes it to Atlanta with one loss, and regardless of outcome, is in a NY6/playoff.  
KingKliffsbury	11
MammothMan34	11
polydorr	11
solo_22	11
Stockz	11
buckeyes75	12
CambodianDrywall	12
CountryRoads8	12
diastereomer	12
galacticdude7	12
goblue10	12	Fuck it, I'm hedging my bets on the hype.
jzorbino	12
kelling928	12
Mario_Speedwagon	12
mgmfa	12	In terms of talent, they're top 10 easily. But year after year Tennessee underwhelms, so I'm hesitantly optimistic about these guys. 
mynameisjona	12
NatecUDF	12
No_Way_Pablo	12
OhGad	12
seaotter2	12
snwidget	12
Techwid	12
the5thpixel	12
TheFlyingBoat	12
52hoova	13
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	13
aubieismyhomie	13
BallSoHerd	13
brobroma	13
cmdrcaboose2	13
dupreesdiamond	13
Emperor_of_Orange	13
GeneralGBO	13
icklebush	13
jklharris	13
mellolizard	13	Butch Jones has been steadily improving but it is a still wait and see for me. 
monotonemr	13
pbjork	13
qacha	13
rabid_communicator	13
scronko	13
sideoutpar	13
tabelz	13	Also overrated and the Dobbs hype is legitimately confounding
Texasagsman	13
alsonamedbort87	14
groggydog	14
JonesUCF34	14
LEGEN--wait_for_it	14
Luriker	14
myghtymouse	14
nin478	14
PalmettoFace	14
RobertNeyland	14
A-Stu-Ute	15
atchemey	15
BosskOnASegway	15	Predictive Rank: #24 (4 points)Personal Rank: #12 (28 points)AP Rank: #9 (17 points)Total: 49/125
captain_sasquatch	15
DavoinShower-handle	15
Polarbear1914	15
swanky-k	15
swodaem2005	15
Wurst_Law	15
GiveMeSomeRaptorNews	16
owl_man	16
PureCFR	16
seanosaur	16
twosheepforanore	16
d_mcc_x	17
emueagles	17
TDenverFan	17
TheTeamCubed	17
buckeyegold	18
laminak	18
Pikachu1989	18
SenorPuff	18
T-Thugs	18	I'm not completely sold on Tennessee yet. Unfortunately Virginia Tech isn't very good so I don't think we'll really know much about them until they hit SEC play. 
TotalEconomist	18
was_saying_boo_urns	18	Good team this year, but won't beat UF.
ChickenTaco	19
Daigotsu	19
deadtofall12	19
kdcoltred	19
Quentanamo_Bay	19
ack30297	20
cfbguy	20
KobeOrNotKobe	20
njm1314	20
thatwasntveryraven	20
spsellers	22
03040905	23
niperwiper	23
runujhkj	23
Mr_Metagross	24
kflinderman	25
pmartin0079	25
Red261	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason

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