9/28/25 Coaches Poll - Tennessee stays at #15

TrueOrange · 2025-09-28T13:06:05-0400

Tennessee remains at #15.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	1st	Prev	Chg
1	OHIO ST	4-0	1617	58	1	-
2	ORE	5-0	1559	6	5	+3
3	MIAMI-FL	4-0	1484	1	6	+3
4	OLE MISS	5-0	1319	0	11	+7
5	TEXAS A&M	4-0	1223	0	9	+4
6	PENN ST	3-1	1192	0	2	-4
7	TEXAS	3-1	1165	0	7	-
8	OKLA	4-0	1123	0	10	+2
9	INDIANA	5-0	1059	0	12	+3
10	UGA	3-1	1006	0	3	-7
11	BAMA	3-1	975	0	16	+5
12	IOWA ST	5-0	919	0	13	+1
13	LSU	4-1	918	0	4	-9
14	TEXAS TECH	4-0	856	0	14	-
15	TENN	4-1	728	0	15	-
16	GA TECH	5-0	604	0	17	+1
17	VANDY	5-0	502	0	20	+3
18	MIZZOU	5-0	498	0	19	+1
19	FSU	3-1	483	0	8	-11
20	MICH	3-1	453	0	18	-2
21	NOTRE DAME	2-2	316	0	21	-
22	ILLINOIS	4-1	287	0	23	+1
23	BYU	4-0	221	0	24	+1
24	AZ STATE	4-1	136	0	NR	+2
25	UTAH	4-1	104	0	NR	+2

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Memphis 88; Louisville 83; Virginia 63; South Florida 29; USC 17; Maryland 17; Auburn 12; UNLV 11; Navy 9; Mississippi State 9; Tulane 8; Washington 7; North Texas 7; TCU 6; Nebraska 4; Duke 4; Iowa 3; Houston 1;

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No. 22 USC; No. 25 TCU

vols 30 · 2025-09-28T13:12:25-0400

- Georgia # 10
Bama #11

TrueOrange · 2025-09-28T13:13:33-0400

Sigh. If UGA just kicks the FG on 4th and 1, there’s a good chance we would have all gotten to laugh this week about Vanderbilt being ranked higher than Alabama as the two played in Tuscaloosa this week.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-28T13:18:31-0400

Vandy moves up 3 spots after defeating mighty Utah State.

Spawn · 2025-09-28T13:27:15-0400

The polls are BS. Indiana needed a long last second TD to beat Iowa..

rocketskates · 2025-09-28T13:27:16-0400

These polls are comical but just keep winning and it will work itself out

barney · 2025-09-28T13:29:42-0400

Crazy

superdave1984 · 2025-09-28T13:30:22-0400

Not surprising.

Ty4Vols · 2025-09-28T13:35:40-0400

Reminder USF (unranked) has 2 top 25 wins and 1 loss to Miami.
Yet, Penn St and Texas are top 10 because they lost to really good teams. They also combine for 0 wins against Power 4 opponents.
Not saying either would take a L to USF just saying polls are opinions and not based off of on the field performance.

temptn · 2025-09-28T13:38:48-0400

Ty4Vols said:
Reminder USF (unranked) has 2 top 25 wins and 1 loss to Miami.
Yet, Penn St and Texas are top 10 because they lost to really good teams. They also combine for 0 wins against Power 4 opponents.
Not saying either would take a L to USF just saying polls are opinions and not based off of on the field performance.

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Under James Franklin, Penn State's record against ranked opponents is 15-28, with their record against AP top-10 teams being 4-21. Despite having a .455 winning percentage against all ranked teams, Franklin's record against top-10 opponents, which stands at a .160 winning percentage

JMSqb11 · 2025-09-28T13:39:49-0400

I don’t get why people are b!thing and moaning over us standing pat at 15. We struggled against an inferior opponent. Win and all takes care of itself.

We are going to be favored in every game except Bama.

We will be 5-1 going against a 1 loss Bama most likely. Whoever wins that game is in the driver seat to getting to Atlanta. I think Ole Miss is real deal this season but don’t expect them to go 12-0/11-1 until I see it.

11-1 means we win at Bama and are in Atlanta
10-2 means we will likely be at large spot

Quit crying about the polls

TheVolsFrog · 2025-09-28T13:43:24-0400

ND in the top 25 at 2-2 is a joke

GordonC · 2025-09-28T13:45:12-0400

JMSqb11 said:
I don’t get why people are b!thing and moaning over us standing pat at 15. We struggled against an inferior opponent. Win and all takes care of itself.

We are going to be favored in every game except Bama.

We will be 5-1 going against a 1 loss Bama most likely. Whoever wins that game is in the driver seat to getting to Atlanta. I think Ole Miss is real deal this season but don’t expect them to go 12-0/11-1 until I see it.

11-1 means we win at Bama and are in Atlanta
10-2 means we will likely be at large spot

Quit crying about the polls

I mean, I haven't shed any tears about them and doubt many others have.
Is it okay if people discuss the rankings on a discussion board?

JMSqb11 · 2025-09-28T13:47:21-0400

GordonC said:
I mean, I haven't shed any tears about them and doubt many others have.
Is it okay if people discuss the rankings on a discussion board?

No.

volfan102455 · 2025-09-28T13:47:43-0400

Ohio State is probably going to win out unless Michigan can upset them again -They do have Penn State and Illinois as well. Penn State (i.e. Franklin) rarely wins against top 10 teams.
Miami plays FSU and after that they literally have a cake walk schedule.
Oregon has Indiana left but they appear to have beaten the only team that could challenge them.

So more than likely the top three are going to remain OSU, Miami and Oregon unless upsets happen.

Do I believe they are the best teams - no - but the SEC will continue to beat up on each other. The SEC is still undoubtedly the best conference top to bottom - but because of that it is unlikely that an SEC team will land higher than 4 - the top three just don't play the same caliber of teams this year. TheB1G with their schedules keeps protecting certain teams.

Ole Miss has Georgia, Oklahoma and Miss State. Yes they could trip up over South Carolina or Florida.

A&M has LSU, Texas and Missouri all on the road. They are where they are because they beat Notre Dame.

volfan102455 · 2025-09-28T13:52:38-0400

JMSqb11 said:
I think Ole Miss is real deal this season but don’t expect them to go 12-0/11-1 until I see it.

Ole Miss has beaten LSU at home - that is it. They have games at Georgia and at Oklahoma. If they win both of those they deserve the # 4 ranking - but right now they are there because they beat LSU who was ranked so high because they beat Clemson who is now 1-3.

JMSqb11 · 2025-09-28T13:55:11-0400

volfan102455 said:
Ole Miss has beaten LSU at home - that is it. They have games at Georgia and at Oklahoma. If they win both of those they deserve the # 4 ranking - but right now they are there because they beat LSU who was ranked so high because they beat Clemson who is now 1-3.

Oklahoma without their QB isn’t a tough game as people talk about them. I wouldn’t be shocked if they go 1-3 before our game.

volfan102455 · 2025-09-28T14:01:40-0400

JMSqb11 said:
Oklahoma without their QB isn’t a tough game as people talk about them. I wouldn’t be shocked if they go 1-3 before our game.

True - but my point is that teams are ranked where they are because of how these polls started out. And until a team loses to someone, they get to take advantage of that.

Ole Miss has not been tested. Folks think they were tested with LSU, but the one big win that LSU has doesn't look so good right now and Clemson's demise has nothing to do with a key player getting hurt - they just are not that good this year - yet LSU benefited from playing them early when folks thought they were good.

These polls are not the ones that will matter and hopefully when the poll that matters comes out, those folks will ignore these two and look at the entire season.

And there is absolutely no reason for Notre Dame to be ranked. NONE.

volfan102455 · 2025-09-28T14:05:26-0400

And I do agree the Vols are in control of their own destiny. The undefeated teams in the SEC each play other undefeated teams (or 1 loss teams). Missouri and Ole Miss start out like this every year because of their schedule.

JMSqb11 · 2025-09-28T14:08:06-0400

volfan102455 said:
True - but my point is that teams are ranked where they are because of how these polls started out. And until a team loses to someone, they get to take advantage of that.

Ole Miss has not been tested. Folks think they were tested with LSU, but the one big win that LSU has doesn't look so good right now and Clemson's demise has nothing to do with a key player getting hurt - they just are not that good this year - yet LSU benefited from playing them early when folks thought they were good.

These polls are not the ones that will matter and hopefully when the poll that matters comes out, those folks will ignore these two and look at the entire season.

And there is absolutely no reason for Notre Dame to be ranked. NONE.

Agree there. I wish they’d do away with the polls and just go with the CFP rankings that start mid season.

A-RodWiLks · 2025-09-28T14:17:04-0400

The Big 10 is pathetic. Also, Iowa State does not deserve to be top 15... they barely squeaked by Arkansas State

vavolfan6 · 2025-09-28T14:20:09-0400

Penn State at #6:and Texas at #7 is a joke. Both teams lost to their only good opponent and otherwise have looked pedestrian. Neither has an actual good win or even a P4 win.

A-RodWiLks · 2025-09-28T14:25:59-0400

Ole Miss struggled at Kentucky. This league is tough on the road but Mississippi State is far better than Kentucky. What I'm saying is Tennessee is better than Ole Piss

Kylo · 2025-09-28T14:28:11-0400

Spawn said:
The polls are BS. Indiana needed a long last second TD to beat Iowa..

And Tennessee escaped MSU in OT... Your point?

#1fulmerite · 2025-09-28T14:29:59-0400

I think Miami is overrated. They barely beat the worst Florida team in decades and, scored a late TD to run up the score. Georgia probably should be the highest rated one loss team. They get Bama’s best game each year.

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