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Tennessee

20th of 1368–5

Rank

20th

of 136 FBS teams

Rating

+15.2

90% range 5.6 to 24.7

Offense

38.0

10th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

22.8

50th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

8–5

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 8–5

Schedule

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

Wk 1Aug 30 · 12:00 PM ET vs

SyracuseAflac Kickoff W 45–26

Rating change−0.2

Wk 2Sep 6 · 3:30 PM ET vs

East Tennessee State W 72–17

Rating change+2.0

Wk 3Sep 13 · 3:30 PM ET vs#5

Georgia L 41–44

Rating change+0.6

Wk 4Sep 20 · 12:45 PM ET vs

UAB W 56–24

Rating change−0.2

Wk 5Sep 27 · 4:15 PM ET at

Mississippi State W 41–34

Rating change−0.7

Wk 7Oct 11 · 4:15 PM ET vs

Arkansas W 34–31

Rating change−1.6

Wk 8Oct 18 · 7:30 PM ET at#2

Alabama L 20–37

Rating change+0.2

Wk 9Oct 25 · 7:45 PM ET at

Kentucky W 56–34

Rating change+1.2

Wk 10Nov 1 · 7:30 PM ET vs#10

Oklahoma L 27–33

Rating change−0.5

Wk 12Nov 15 · 4:15 PM ET vs

New Mexico State W 42–9

Rating change−1.2

Wk 13Nov 22 · 7:30 PM ET at

Florida W 31–11

Rating change+2.8

Wk 14Nov 29 · 3:30 PM ET vs#13

Vanderbilt L 24–45

Rating change−3.5

PostDec 30 · 5:30 PM ET vs

IllinoisLiberty Mutual Music City Bowl L 28–30

Rating change−1.6

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2025

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2024	SEC	12 of 134	16.7	34.8	18.0	10–3	Seed9
2023	SEC	13 of 133	18.8	37.5	18.7	9–4	—
2022	SEC	6 of 131	22.4	44.1	21.7	11–2	—
2021	SEC	20 of 130	11.2	38.1	26.9	7–6	—
2020	SEC	43 of 127	5.2	29.0	23.9	3–7	—
2019	SEC	27 of 130	9.2	29.2	19.9	8–5	—
2018	SEC	80 of 130	−2.9	25.4	28.3	5–7	—
2017	SEC	83 of 130	−5.4	24.5	30.0	4–8	—
2016	SEC	18 of 128	14.0	43.1	29.2	9–4	—
2015	SEC	17 of 128	13.7	37.7	24.0	9–4	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

TENN offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles