Season prediction thread

What do you think the Vols regular season record will be?

  • 26-5

    Votes: 9 10.1%

  • 25-6

    Votes: 19 21.3%

  • 24-7

    Votes: 26 29.2%

  • 23-8

    Votes: 20 22.5%

  • 22-9

    Votes: 11 12.4%

  • 21-10

    Votes: 4 4.5%

  • 20-11

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    89
#1
bleedingTNorange

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#1
Let’s here it, full schedule out now:

Mercer
Northern Kentucky
North Florida
Rice
Tennessee State
N Rutgers
N Houston
N TBD
@ Syracuse
N Illinois
Louisville
Gardner Webb
South Carolina State
@ Arkansas
Texas
@ Florida
Texas A&M
Kentucky
@ Alabama
@ Georgia
Auburn
Ole Miss
@ Kentucky
@ Mississippi State
LSU
Oklahoma
@ Vanderbilt
@ Missouri
Alabama
@ South Carolina
Vanderbilt
 
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#2
#2
I’ll go 24-7, though maybe a tad optimistic.

Losses to Houston, @ Arky, @ UF, @ UK, @ Miss State, @ Vandy and then 1 loss to the group of the final Vegas game, @ Cuse, Illinois, or a random home letdown game in conference (I fear this will be UK, but I hope not).
 
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#3
#3
berryvol said:
I’ll go 24-7, though maybe a tad optimistic.

Losses to Houston, @ Arky, @ UF, @ UK, @ Miss State, @ Vandy and then 1 loss to the group of the final Vegas game, @ Cuse, Illinois, or a random home letdown game in conference (I fear this will be UK, but I hope not).
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I just kind of standard go 12-6 now in SEC play, and then OOC I see around 11-2 is what I hope for, could see 10-3 but maybe hope for 1 more win in league play then…how I got to 23-8.
 
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#5
#5
I am very optimistic about the possibilities, but I had to assume it will take some time to find our personality, and leadership (or lack thereof) could be an issue. Too many unknowns to predict a terrific record.

(Edit: Still, I go with 24-7)
 
#7
#7
VolBricks said:
Sorry there wasn’t a 31-0 option for me to pick.
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#9
#9
I truly don't know. I was never any good with this prediction, and the nature of the transfer portal makes it more difficult imo. I think we will have single-digit losses. That's all I can say at this time lol.
 
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#11
bleedingTNorange said:
I just kind of standard go 12-6 now in SEC play, and then OOC I see around 11-2 is what I hope for, could see 10-3 but maybe hope for 1 more win in league play then…how I got to 23-8.
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Yeah, once I started typing it out I was thinking more 23-8, but just decided to roll with the 24-7. We will be favored in all but Houston and possibly whoever the third team is in Vegas in OOC, but I could definitely see us dropping one we should win early with everyone still gelling.
 
#15
#15
berryvol said:
Yeah, once I started typing it out I was thinking more 23-8, but just decided to roll with the 24-7. We will be favored in all but Houston and possibly whoever the third team is in Vegas in OOC, but I could definitely see us dropping one we should win early with everyone still gelling.
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I could see a scenario where we are dogs to Illinois and close to pick em’ against Louisville
 
#21
#21
I picked 23-8. SEC is loaded once again. I could see us struggling early with so many new pieces and then coming on extremely hot late in the season
 
#22
#22
bleedingTNorange said:
I could see a scenario where we are dogs to Illinois and close to pick em’ against Louisville
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I think Illinois will be a 1 possession line with us favored and we’ll be 5-6 pt favorites over UL. Obviously a ton can change between now and then, but those being de-facto home and true home games makes it very hard to see us dogs in either, barring some injury or horrid start by us.
 
#23
#23
berryvol said:
I think Illinois will be a 1 possession line with us favored and we’ll be 5-6 pt favorites over UL. Obviously a ton can change between now and then, but those being de-facto home and true home games makes it very hard to see us dogs in either, barring some injury or horrid start by us.
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Yea as you said a lot can change, but going off preseason outlooks I won’t be shocked if Illinois is favored or that’s a pick em’. Every metric and poll I’ve seen pretty much has them Top 10 while most have us outside the Top 15 and some even have us unranked.
 
#25
#25
I predicted 23-8 but could see 22-9 depending on who our 3rd opponent is during the MTE. I think this team could be deeper and more talented than last year, but we’re basically piecing together an entirely new roster with very little continuity. Our road schedule in the SEC is brutal. I think we’ll start the season pretty slow in SEC play, rack up L’s on the road, people will start to question the team, and then we’ll get hot as things ease up in February.

It’s just hard to look at that road schedule to start and see many wins. Like, I think we’re better than Miss State but we always piss down our leg at The Hump. So I won’t predict a win there.

Mercer - W
Northern Kentucky - W
North Florida - W
Rice - W
Tennessee State - W
N Rutgers - W
N Houston - L
N TBD - Hard to predict without knowing opponent
@ Syracuse - W
N Illinois - L
Louisville - W
Gardner Webb - W
South Carolina State - W
@ Arkansas - L
Texas - W
@ Florida - L
Texas A&M - W
Kentucky - W
@ Alabama - L
@ Georgia - W
Auburn - W
Ole Miss - W
@ Kentucky - L
@ Mississippi State - L
LSU - W
Oklahoma - W
@ Vanderbilt - W
@ Missouri - L
Alabama - W
@ South Carolina - W
Vanderbilt - W
 
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