Tennessee with the 8th hardest schedule, per ESPN

[I4Vols]

where did Mizzou end up on this list... I'm curious

Ask Eli, you'll find him over at the Mizzou business building

 

[Tman44]

OK - so let me see if I have this straight. Tennessee is playing 6 of the 7 schools with tougher records than us. Does that make any sense???

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The reason their schedules are so hard is in part due to playing Tennessee. Miss St, Arky, Vandy and Florida should not be significantly hard games for us, thus giving them the harder schedule.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Phil Steele 2024 Toughest schedules. Quite a disparity.

1 Florida
2 UCLA
3 USC
4 Georgia Tech
5 Houston
6 Purdue
7 West Virginia
8 Georgia
9 Alabama
10 Stanford
11 Virginia
12 Florida St
13 Colorado
14 Vanderbilt
15 Michigan
16 Mississippi St
17 Oklahoma
18 Arkansas
19 Arizona St
20 Wisconsin
21 Washington
22 Michigan St
23 BYU
24 Kentucky
25 Northwestern
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Clemson 8 Clemson
29 Iowa St 9 Iowa St
30 Illinois 0 Illinois
31 Boston College
32 South Carolina
33 Texas A&M
34 Maryland
35 Ohio St
36 Texas
37 Minnesota
38 TCU
39 Duke
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 Baylor
43 Miami, Fl
44 Texas Tech
45 California
46 Kansas St
47 Iowa
48 Wake Forest
49 Penn St
50 Nebraska
51 Pittsburgh
52 Tennessee
53 UCF
54 Oklahoma St
56 Auburn
62 Missouri

 

[WillisWG]

☝understatement

 

[the_great_pumpkin]

Ask Eli, you'll find him over at the Mizzou business building

He’s always over there standing around.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Phil Steele 2024 Toughest schedules. Quite a disparity.

1 Florida
2 UCLA
3 USC
4 Georgia Tech
5 Houston
6 Purdue
7 West Virginia
8 Georgia
9 Alabama
10 Stanford
11 Virginia
12 Florida St
13 Colorado
14 Vanderbilt
15 Michigan
16 Mississippi St
17 Oklahoma
18 Arkansas
19 Arizona St
20 Wisconsin
21 Washington
22 Michigan St
23 BYU
24 Kentucky
25 Northwestern
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Clemson 8 Clemson
29 Iowa St 9 Iowa St
30 Illinois 0 Illinois
31 Boston College
32 South Carolina
33 Texas A&M
34 Maryland
35 Ohio St
36 Texas
37 Minnesota
38 TCU
39 Duke
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 Baylor
43 Miami, Fl
44 Texas Tech
45 California
46 Kansas St
47 Iowa
48 Wake Forest
49 Penn St
50 Nebraska
51 Pittsburgh
52 Tennessee
53 UCF
54 Oklahoma St
56 Auburn
62 Missouri

Phil Steele hates us.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Phil Steele hates us.

I don’t care. dats funny

 

[knoxvol52]

Let me get this right:

ESPN hates Tennessee
Sankey hates Tennessee
Phil Steele hates Tennessee
EA Sports hates Tennessee
Conspiracy theory by Birmingham to hold Vols down.
Referees hate Tennessee
Gary Danielson hates Tennessee
Greg McElroy hates Tennessee
Jay Bilas Hates Tennessee


Who am I missing?

 

[chuckiepoo]

Let me get this right:

ESPN hates Tennessee
Sankey hates Tennessee
Phil Steele hates Tennessee
EA Sports hates Tennessee
Conspiracy theory by Birmingham to hold Vols down.
Referees hate Tennessee
Gary Danielson hates Tennessee
Greg McElroy hates Tennessee
Jay Bilas Hates Tennessee


Who am I missing?

Chris Doering… fer sure.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Let me get this right:

ESPN hates Tennessee
Sankey hates Tennessee
Phil Steele hates Tennessee
EA Sports hates Tennessee
Conspiracy theory by Birmingham to hold Vols down.
Referees hate Tennessee
Gary Danielson hates Tennessee
Greg McElroy hates Tennessee
Jay Bilas Hates Tennessee


Who am I missing?

Mark Stoops

 

[VolBallGuy]

OK - so let me see if I have this straight. Tennessee is playing 6 of the 7 schools with tougher records than us. Does that make any sense???

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Yes.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Now granted, my 3 year old knows more about college football than ESPN these days.

And it's also worth noting that this list loses a ton of credibility by having Ohio State anywhere on it (they don't even play a ranked team until mid-October, one of a whopping 3 they play all year).

But it's still good to know that's the perception of our schedule.


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Funny thing is I think this is the easiest schedule that they have had in years!

15 of 16 SEC teams made the list. Mizzou was the only one not included.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

I don't completely get these rankings to be honest. Looking at USCjr's schedule, they don't play UGA but play Bama, LSU, Ole Miss, A&M, OU, and Missouri, plus Clemson.

Their schedule seems tougher than ours.

Damm, that's 8 loses in 7 games right there!

I wish we could swap out UGA for SCAR. Then it would be a lock to be a top 4 playoff team and a first round bye!

 

[WillisWG]

Let me get this right:

ESPN hates Tennessee
Sankey hates Tennessee
Phil Steele hates Tennessee
EA Sports hates Tennessee
Conspiracy theory by Birmingham to hold Vols down.
Referees hate Tennessee
Gary Danielson hates Tennessee
Greg McElroy hates Tennessee
Jay Bilas Hates Tennessee


Who am I missing?

Trailer trash boy. Who kinda looks like...

 

[Volfan1000]

Well they also are the only team in college football that plays 12 road games.

Lea is probably gone after this season.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Lea is probably gone after this season.

He seems like a good coach and likable guy. What do they expect?

 

[greenbacknative]

Trailer trash boy. Who kinda looks like...

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Damn...that's freaky !!

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

He seems like a good coach and likable guy. What do they expect?

Unfortunately the guy is pacing well behind where Derek Mason was through 3 years.

It's not his fault, I think he's a solid coach, it's just a losing situation there. You can't go toe to toe with the big boys when you have Vandy's resources.

I've said it for 10 years now. Vandy has to go gimmick. They have to go triple option or something similar if they ever want to see any measure of consistent success. Either that or go G5.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Unfortunately the guy is pacing well behind where Derek Mason was through 3 years.

It's not his fault, I think he's a solid coach, it's just a losing situation there. You can't go toe to toe with the big boys when you have Vandy's resources.

I've said it for 10 years now. Vandy has to go gimmick. They have to go triple option or something similar if they ever want to see any measure of consistent success. Either that or go G5.

They let Franklin get away. Breaks my heart…

 

[JohnWardForever]

Villanova really upping their game in football, coming in with the 14th hardest schedule .

Why would nova even be listed? OH it's Vandy!

 

[JohnWardForever]

They let Franklin get away. Breaks my heart…

So glad Franklin is gone. Let him do his crying in the big 2.

 

[Volador]

Yes.

OK. Thanks for the insight

 

[hUTch2002]

Phil Steele 2024 Toughest schedules. Quite a disparity.

1 Florida
2 UCLA
3 USC
4 Georgia Tech
5 Houston
6 Purdue
7 West Virginia
8 Georgia
9 Alabama
10 Stanford
11 Virginia
12 Florida St
13 Colorado
14 Vanderbilt
15 Michigan
16 Mississippi St
17 Oklahoma
18 Arkansas
19 Arizona St
20 Wisconsin
21 Washington
22 Michigan St
23 BYU
24 Kentucky
25 Northwestern
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Clemson 8 Clemson
29 Iowa St 9 Iowa St
30 Illinois 0 Illinois
31 Boston College
32 South Carolina
33 Texas A&M
34 Maryland
35 Ohio St
36 Texas
37 Minnesota
38 TCU
39 Duke
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 Baylor
43 Miami, Fl
44 Texas Tech
45 California
46 Kansas St
47 Iowa
48 Wake Forest
49 Penn St
50 Nebraska
51 Pittsburgh
52 Tennessee
53 UCF
54 Oklahoma St
56 Auburn
62 Missouri

Granted, it’s preseason so you never know for sure this early but I don’t see how a schedule with Bama, UGA, OU, NC State, UF and UK could be middle of the pack nationwide. No way.

 

[hUTch2002]

Phil Steele 2024 Toughest schedules. Quite a disparity.

1 Florida
2 UCLA
3 USC
4 Georgia Tech
5 Houston
6 Purdue
7 West Virginia
8 Georgia
9 Alabama
10 Stanford
11 Virginia
12 Florida St
13 Colorado
14 Vanderbilt
15 Michigan
16 Mississippi St
17 Oklahoma
18 Arkansas
19 Arizona St
20 Wisconsin
21 Washington
22 Michigan St
23 BYU
24 Kentucky
25 Northwestern
26 LSU
27 Louisville
28 Clemson 8 Clemson
29 Iowa St 9 Iowa St
30 Illinois 0 Illinois
31 Boston College
32 South Carolina
33 Texas A&M
34 Maryland
35 Ohio St
36 Texas
37 Minnesota
38 TCU
39 Duke
40 Mississippi
41 Oregon
42 Baylor
43 Miami, Fl
44 Texas Tech
45 California
46 Kansas St
47 Iowa
48 Wake Forest
49 Penn St
50 Nebraska
51 Pittsburgh
52 Tennessee
53 UCF
54 Oklahoma St
56 Auburn
62 Missouri

Yeah, just looked at the UCLA schedule and Steele is on crack.

 

[hUTch2002]

Let me get this right:

ESPN hates Tennessee
Sankey hates Tennessee
Phil Steele hates Tennessee
EA Sports hates Tennessee
Conspiracy theory by Birmingham to hold Vols down.
Referees hate Tennessee
Gary Danielson hates Tennessee
Greg McElroy hates Tennessee
Jay Bilas Hates Tennessee


Who am I missing?

God. He had hated us since ‘98 but He has come around now!