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Tennessee

20th of 1307–6

Rank

20th

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+11.2

90% range 1.9 to 20.4

Offense

38.1

5th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

26.9

61st: points allowed vs an average team

Record

7–6

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs Bowling Green W 38–6
Rating change+0.6
Wk 2Sep 11 · 12:00 PM ET vs Pittsburgh L 34–41
Rating change+0.8
Wk 3Sep 18 · 12:00 PM ET vs Tennessee Tech W 56–0
Rating change+1.2
Wk 4Sep 25 · 7:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#9 Florida L 14–38
Rating change+0.6
Wk 5Oct 2 · 12:00 PM ET at Missouri W 62–24
Rating change+7.4
Wk 6Oct 9 · 12:00 PM ET vs South Carolina W 45–20
Rating change+0.9
Wk 7Oct 16 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#22 Ole Miss L 26–31
Rating change−0.1
Wk 8Oct 23 · 7:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Alabama L 24–52
Rating change+0.1
Wk 10Nov 6 · 7:00 PM ET at Kentucky W 45–42
Rating change0.0
Wk 11Nov 13 · 3:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#1 Georgia L 17–41
Rating change+0.3
Wk 12Nov 20 · 7:30 PM ET vs South Alabama W 60–14
Rating change+4.3
Wk 13Nov 27 · 3:45 PM ET vs Vanderbilt W 45–21
Rating change−0.2
PostDec 30 · 3:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#23 PurdueTransPerfect Music City Bowl L 45–48
Rating change0.0

Rating through 2021

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2020SEC43 of 1275.229.023.93–7—
2019SEC27 of 1309.229.219.98–5—
2018SEC80 of 130−2.925.428.35–7—
2017SEC83 of 130−5.424.530.04–8—
2016SEC18 of 12814.043.129.29–4—
2015SEC17 of 12813.737.724.09–4—

Profile

TENN offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com