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2016 Week 2 Tennessee Volunteers Rankings

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User Rank Reason
taloncarde 7
jlh2b 8
Khavanon 8
MrDoctorSmartyPants 8
puffadda 8
CFSparta92 9
f0gax 9
MrTheSpork 9 Yes, Tennessee did not look great against Appalachian State. Yes, there are questions about the team in general. But, for now, a win's a win and losses by top five teams absolutely help them maintain their top-ten position. It's a situation similar to Michigan: there's just not enough information yet.
bluegrassborn 10
bluegrassborn 10
BrutonGaster77 10
bties 10
corundum9 10
DelphicLike 10
Fifth_Down 10
freebirdcrowe 10
keytide22 10
SmokingCricket 10 As much as I wish my undergrad would have won so I could rank them, and as much as I wish I'd punish the Vols for their play, I'm not really demoting them because a win is a win.
uwbjb 10
WarEagle9 10
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 11 Yeah, an App State team might have taken them to OT. But I'm not dropping them for beating a somewhat decent team. If App State beats Miami and Tennessee beats Virginia Tech, I have no problem leaving them in this position. 
atchemey 11 On the other hand, Tennessee was dominated at times by App State - they won on a miracle play that was probably called wrong on the field. I'm disappointed, but this is just evidence that we should all take a step back before crowning them CFB-elect.
Buckeyes2010 11
CockADoodleBOOM 11 I just didn't want to be "guy who had Tennessee in his Top 10." I still have hope for them, but man were they bad last week.
Dasboot123 11 "Good teams find a way to win." Don;t know if that will apply to Tenn.
DeKaF 11
Disregardskarma 11
mjurkiewicz 11
Xtremeloco 11
3RDnKING 12
52hoova 12
BoboIsDead 12
JCiLee 12
Marvolo_Mescudi 12 I'm not punishing too much for cutting it close, first week is given to work out kinks, just the teams ahead of them straight up looked better. Could be hugely talented, could be hugely over-hyped, honestly still have no clue, this is basically a placeholder ranking until they prove something one way or the other. On thin ice next week. 
Plneapple 12
snwidget 12
ssnider23 12
ucieaters33 12
Acm0028 13
bakonydraco 13
cmdrcaboose2 13 Still a talented squad, but the OC needs work.
d_mcc_x 13
HUSKEROYAL 13
IAmAChemicalEngineer 13
jklharris 13
Mythic514 13 I'll probably be viewed as a homer, but I don't think Tennessee should fall that much. I honestly initially questioned whether they should fall from the top ten at all, given how many other teams lost. However, upon reflection, I see a lot of other teams that performed very well, and Tennessee quite frankly did not. I put them behind MSU, which did really wow me, and ahead of TCU that struggled far too much against an FCS team. I think the App State team the Vols faced was very underrated, but it's hard to tell much from one game. Right now I leave the Vols at 13, expecting them to climb back up but knowing that they cannot if they do not improve offensively.
SurpriseSalami 13
SurpriseSalami 13
tabelz 13 Yikes
THECrew42 13
AaronRodgers16 14
admiraltarkin 14
Austinperroux 14
coreyfra 14
DavoinShower-handle 14
diastereomer 14
G-manP 14 Tennessee should've lost. The team has a lot of talent, but we didn't see much of it on Thursday. App State >>>>>> Furman
galacticdude7 14
GeneralGBO 14
goblue10 14
jrichardh 14
meatfrappe 14
RobertNeyland 14 http://i.imgur.com/nBkwmik.gifv
alextoyalex 15
BlueFalcon89 15 Underperformed while they were probably overrated.  They could have a great season by staying tough like they did on Thursday night.  That was resolve we haven't seen from a Butch Jones squad yet.
dabul-master 15
DonnieNarco 15
ilovecfb 15
jzorbino 15
retnuh101 15
RiffRamBahZoo 15
ThaCarter 15
The_DHC 15 Guys, maybe Appy is really good?
Wurst_Law 15 Most recent overrated Tennessee team is overrated Tennessee team.See Michigan State for ranking reasons.
Atoodope 16
Beechman 16
brobroma 16
grjohnst 16
jayhawx19 16
LEGEN--wait_for_it 16
nickknx865 16
owl_man 16
scootmcgroot 16
scotsworth 16
TopheryG8er 16
Wescat 16
BaldEagle88 17
buckeyegold 17
fshi 17
GiveMeSomeRaptorNews 17
HarbingerOfFun 17
huskerfan4life520 17
kelctex 17
KingKliffsbury 17
mynameisjona 17
orangeslash 17
Pikachu1989 17
qacha 17
SCRx 17
solo_22 17 You looked bad and you should feel bad.
sunburn_on_the_brain 17
swodaem2005 17
trumpet_23 17
twosheepforanore 17
WaffleIron278 17
bfizzledizzle 18
BorisNumber1 18
Caedus 18 The entire #17-#19 rankings had me thinking for a while. I really punished Tennessee here, as the only reason they really won was because the Appalachian State coach went full Andy Reid..., but I thought pushing them to #19 was a bit drastic. However I felt Ole Miss's play was much better in their loss. OK State is the odd man out, which I feel uncomfortable with...but whatever. 
emueagles 18
flyingcrayons 18
gohuskies 18 Is it possible for a team to win a game at home against a Sun Belt team and look worse than Tennessee did? If that was an anomaly they'll shoot back up, but if not they're going to have a really hard time starting against VT.
kdbvols 18 A close win against a good team in week 1 is not reason to overreact like the sky is falling.  
myghtymouse 18
pufan321 18
scronko 18
Sophocles5 18
UNC_Samurai 18
vanburen1845 18 Rocket Dobbs save us pls. Don't forget you can do more than turn left in Bristol.
XSavageWalrusX 18
Californie_cramoisie 19
CambodianDrywall 19
DoctorWhosOnFirst 19
gsuhooligan 19
Harry_B_C_Dresden 19
milesgmsu 19
monotonemr 19
plannedsickdays 19
rabid_communicator 19
seanosaur 19
spsellers 19
Techwid 19
topher3003 19
Zerosa 19
alsonamedbort87 20
aubieismyhomie 20
buckeyes75 20
BugsSuck 20 Quite honestly, that was one of the most ugliest victories I've seen. App St played terribly: awful play calling and clock management down the stretch and Tennessee hardly pulled it off. Only strengthens my skepticism. They have a lot of room for improvement and can for sure make a good run. There's soooooooo much time left.
CountryRoads8 20
DafoeFoSho 20
Daigotsu 20
EastPowdermilk 20
esoterik 20
Fcc4life 20
groggydog 20
hokies220 20 I debated not even ranking the Volunteers at all after needing luck to pull off the win over a Sunbelt team in OT.  Maybe I shouldn't have as it goes against the grain of most of my rankings. But App State is a good team and Tennessee did get the W. However any team that could possibly be considered top 15 should wipe the floor with a Sunbelt team.
kelling928 20
marcellnation 20
monkeymatt1836 20 Tennessee managed to win this game because App State's kicker could not make FGs. Frankly speaking, Tennessee had one of the worst performances of the weekend. Star QB Josh Dobbs had a bad night and went 16/29, 192 yards, 6.6 AVG, 1 TD, 1 INT and a QBR of 26.3. Luckily for the Vols, aside from Georgia the SEC East looked bad as a whole. That being said, if Tennessee doesn't get their act together soon it might be a long season for them.
Polarbear1914 20
seaotter2 20
SpeedxKills 20
TDenverFan 20
tmart12 20
cfbguy 21
DarthYoda2594 21
Dropbackandpunt 21
niperwiper 21
OskeewowwowIL 21
SenorPuff 21 Pretty disappointed with the offensive output from the Vols. But they did win.
sideoutpar 21
ToLongDR 21 1600.54
A-Stu-Ute 22
captain_sasquatch 22
CraftyConsumer 22
djowen68 22
fitzmauricet 22
ReallyCreative 22
TheFlyingBoat 22 They beat AppSt, but the way they did it causes them to drop a lot. While they are a really good G5 team, beating a really good G5 team in OT after relying on fluke after fluke to get there does not warrant any better position than what I am giving them.
was_saying_boo_urns 22 Josh Dobbs is a bad passer. Also, did you know he's an Aerospace Engineering major?
BallSoHerd 23
BallSoHerd 23
ChickenTaco 23
chweris 23
epmatsw 23
FellKnight 23
Hummer77x 23
icklebush 23
LeinadSpoon 23
NatecUDF 23
swanky-k 23 Wow. I can't imagine if a top 10 P5 team lost at home in week 1 to App State. That would be super embarrassing!
03040905 24
antiherowes 24
kamikazeguy 24
Keener1899 24
smills79 24
Branzilla91 25
bread_buddy 25 4th best win over G5.
Mario_Speedwagon 25 Debated dropping Tennessee from the rankings entirely. A few different bounces and App State wins that game.
nolez 25
pmartin0079 25
Texasagsman 25

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