Games Ranked in a Row

[golfballvol]

The upcoming Music City Bowl will be the first game that Tennessee is not ranked since September 1st, 2022 against Ball State. (We fell out of the rankings during a bye week in 2023.)

This was a 50 game streak.
According to my research it was the third longest Streak in UT History.
Note: Prior to 1950, the AP poll didn’t come out until October, so the first month of the season counted as “unranked” games, negating a streak.

Here is a list of the longest streaks:

1. 66, 1995-99, Fulmer

2. 63, 1989-94, Majors, Fulmer

3. 50, 2022-25, Heupel

4. 42, 1970-73, Battle

5. 33, 2003-05, Fulmer

6. 30, 1967-70, Dickey

7. 23, 2000-02, Fulmer

8. 22, 1950-52, Neyland

9. 16, 2006-07, Fulmer

10. 14, 1987-88, Majors

 

[volKano]

Fake list. No Butch Jones, Derrick Dooley or Jeremy Pruitt listed. Can’t be real.

 

[#1fulmerite]

And yet we fired a guy who’s on this list multiple times.

 

[CaliVol2009]

And yet we fired a guy who’s on this list multiple times.

Lol, we fired him because he had fallen apart. But I’m sure if we had allowed him to stay he woulda turned it around by “workin like heck”

 

[207 others]

And yet we fired a guy who’s on this list multiple times.

Half the list. Is the sabbatical over.. we need him

 

[EasternVol]

And yet we fired a guy who’s on this list multiple times.

Because he'd become the poster child for chronic complacency.

 

[EasternVol]

Half the list. Is the sabbatical over.. we need him

Like we need cholera. You forgot the blue font.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Fun fact, UT moved back ahead of Florida in all-time weeks ranked in the AP poll this year:

 

[ru4real-really?]

And yet we fired a guy who’s on this list multiple times.

But not soon enough!

 

[#1fulmerite]

Lol, we fired him because he had fallen apart. But I’m sure if we had allowed him to stay he woulda turned it around by “workin like heck”

Because he'd become the poster child for chronic complacency.

But not soon enough!

All he needed was a sabbatical!

 

[Rickyvol77]

The upcoming Music City Bowl will be the first game that Tennessee is not ranked since September 1st, 2022 against Ball State. (We fell out of the rankings during a bye week in 2023.)

This was a 50 game streak.
According to my research it was the third longest Streak in UT History.
Note: Prior to 1950, the AP poll didn’t come out until October, so the first month of the season counted as “unranked” games, negating a streak.

Here is a list of the longest streaks:

1. 66, 1995-99, Fulmer

2. 63, 1989-94, Majors, Fulmer

3. 50, 2022-25, Heupel

4. 42, 1970-73, Battle

5. 33, 2003-05, Fulmer

6. 30, 1967-70, Dickey

7. 23, 2000-02, Fulmer

8. 22, 1950-52, Neyland

9. 16, 2006-07, Fulmer

10. 14, 1987-88, Majors

If AP existed in 1926, Neyland would've had UT ranked for every poll for 9 straight seasons, mostly in the top 10

 

[EasternVol]

All he needed was a sabbatical!

Yeah, just like all Charlie Manson needed was a hug.

 

[adam.vol]

If AP existed in 1926, Neyland would've had UT ranked for every poll for 9 straight seasons, mostly in the top 10

I noticed Heupel leads in the Yahoo Poll, followed by Butch.

 

[207 others]

All he needed was a sabbatical!

I think if he had an agreed upon 2 or 3 year sabbatical to really dial in the evolving football landscape, you'd see the VOLS with a minimum of 2 extra CHAMPIONSHIPS. Vols fans got greedy/lack of foresight, and ran off the best modern VOL Coach.

Let it be a learned lesson I suppose. And who knows, when the Josh experience is over, we might just have Phil back.