AP Poll Tennessee at #5 9/22

[Nerwen Aldarion]

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[VolunteerVandiver]

 

[SobeVol]

Boom!
Our D got us here!
Now the offense has to grow into what they are capable of!

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Looks right to me! And we move up a spot next week after the rock fight between Bama and UGA

 

[NorCalVol67]

In before the polls don’t matter, just win.

They don’t matter much right now, but I still like seeing us in the top 5. Way better than not even being in the top 50.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Some of y’all won’t realize it until we win another National or at least conference championship, but UT is back among the upper echelon of college football where we belong. Will be a perennial contender for the foreseeable future.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

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I’ll take it.

 

[ENGRVOL]

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Top row!!

 

[JohnWardForever]

Well deserved. AP writers either attended the game or watched it and heard Herbstreit talking up the Vols. That Defense (who knew before the season they would be THAT good) is amazing. Can anyone say INGE? To me he has had a big impact. Future UT DC.

 

[ZoeVol]

Some of y’all won’t realize it until we win another National or at least conference championship, but UT is back among the upper echelon of college football where we belong. Will be a perennial contender for the foreseeable future.

Yes!
Get used to it!
Be thankful that we are out of the desert of the last 15 years!

 

[volsrock09]

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Love that Mizzou keeps dropping

 

[kell7517]

Wow. Not sure I’ve seen a team win and drop 4 spots before.

 

[kell7517]

Some of y’all won’t realize it until we win another National or at least conference championship, but UT is back among the upper echelon of college football where we belong. Will be a perennial contender for the foreseeable future.

We are definitely on the rise for sure. But wouldn’t you think a conference championship, at least, would Put us there? The media and fans are hopping on the Heup train as well, slowly but surely. For instance, Mark Richt had the pups up there most years and they fired him because he didn’t bring the two prized possessions every school wants.

 

[OldVolMan]

Some of y’all won’t realize it until we win another National or at least conference championship, but UT is back among the upper echelon of college football where we belong. Will be a perennial contender for the foreseeable future.

Curious where you live in Ohio

 

[IndianaVol]

Looks right to me! And we move up a spot next week after the rock fight between Bama and UGA

I wouldn't count on it, unless tOSU or TX drop a game.
Bama wins they'll move to 2 or 3 and UGA will only drop to 4.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Wow. Not sure I’ve seen a team win and drop 4 spots before.

That’s what happens when you go to double overtime at home to Vandy and only win because Vandy shanked it

 

[IndianaVol]

That’s what happens when you go to double overtime at home to Vandy and only lose because Vandy shanked it

EXACTLY...polls are starting to shake teams out to where they should have been in week 1.

 

[BruisedOrange]

That’s what happens when you go to double overtime at home to Vandy and only win because Vandy shanked it

That's the power of the anchor. They can only drag you down.

 

[DeltaVol05]

Love that Mizzou keeps dropping

Amen to that.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

In before the polls don’t matter, just win.

They don’t matter much right now, but I still like seeing us in the top 5. Way better than not even being in the top 50.

Same.

 

[sami]

Love that Mizzou keeps dropping

After UT moving up, the one thing I was looking for was for Jerkwitz to finally be seen as the overrated pretender that he is. The "it's tough to win in the SEC" argument only goes so far when you need overtime to beat Vandy at home.

 

[livefaith]

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I wouldn't count on it, unless tOSU or TX drop a game.
Bama wins they'll move to 2 or 3 and UGA will only drop to 4.

The loser of that game will be ranked below us. We will have a decidedly more impressive resume, particularly if the loser is Bama.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Love that Mizzou keeps dropping

That Vandy game pissed me off. They had them beat.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Looks right to me! And we move up a spot next week after the rock fight between Bama and UGA

If Georgia beats Bama convincingly the Tide will fall below us.
If Bama ekes out a win against Georgia, they'll just trade spots.
If Bama beats Georgia convincingly, Bama goes to #1
...but I still don't think voters will this early assume that Tennessee is better than Georgia, especially in a week in which we'll have had a bye. Too many 5-stars Dawgs at depth on that Georgia roster.

Until we beat Bama... until we beat Georgia... the assumption (and I think it's valid until we prove otherwise on the field) is that there's just a huge gap between the #4 and #5 spots.

It's up to Tennessee to go all Dan'l Boone/Cumberland and blaze the trail across that Gap.