Vols ranked 10 in AP poll

[SmokeyLives]

Bama to me is losing some of its shine. People are high on them after the "big" Missouri and LSU ranked wins but after Saturday, LSU and Missouri don't look like anything special. Florida is, frankly, a tougher team than both. Florida is looking more like a good win for Tennessee now versus what they were at 3-4 weeks ago.

Exactly…. Especially if they take out ole piss next Saturday.

 

[volbound1700]

Exactly…. Especially if they take out ole piss next Saturday.

If Florida takes out Ole Piss, we are back in the playoffs. That solves all our headaches.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

You’re living in a dream world.

No, you’re living in a world of delusional negativity. Far be it from me to dissuade you from your misery, and I’m sure that’s impossible anyway.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

I really don't see how they can and leave Bama in with us a win over Them. I think they keep us in Just cause they gonna have to keep Bama in unless they lose

And if they took us and left Bama out, Bammers would say they can’t take Georgia and not them. The head to head over Bama doesn’t settle anything now.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Indiana, ND, Alabama, and honestly Ole Miss ahead of us is kind of crazy.

Bama beat Georgia, Georgia beat us, we beat Bama. One of those teams has to be ranked lower than a team they beat. Indiana is undefeated. Notre Dame only has one loss. Ole Miss has beaten both teams that beat us. All of those teams have arguments to be above us.

 

[illvol]

But we proved on the field that we're better than them

That day. Since then however, they have been blowing teams out and appear to be playing better where we have been somewhat stagnant on offense and not quite as impressive. It’s a “what have you done for me lately” league.

 

[MemphisVolFan1978]

But we proved on the field that we're better than them

We did beat Alabama on the field, but unfortunately Alabama beat Georgia and Georgia beat us. Any one of these 3 teams being left out has the argument of having beaten one of the teams that makes it in. Georgia does have the most impressive resume with the most top 25 wins. There Isn’t as strong of an argument for Alabama making it in over us though.

 

[KeyVol14]

Bama to me is losing some of its shine. People are high on them after the "big" Missouri and LSU ranked wins but after Saturday, LSU and Missouri don't look like anything special. Florida is, frankly, a tougher team than both. Florida is looking more like a good win for Tennessee now versus what they were at 3-4 weeks ago.

Our SOS jumped up to 18 as well

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Bama beat Georgia, Georgia beat us, we beat Bama. One of those teams has to be ranked lower than a team they beat. Indiana is undefeated. Notre Dame only has one loss. Ole Miss has beaten both teams that beat us. All of those teams have arguments to be above us.

Ole Miss lost to Kentucky who we beat and LSU. Plus they have been ranked lower all year. And they still have to play UF at Florida. No sec team is safe still games left.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Ole Miss lost to Kentucky who we beat and LSU. Plus they have been ranked lower all year. And they still have to play UF at Florida. No sec team is safe still games left.

Yes we beat one team that beat Ole Miss. They beat both of the teams that beat us and did it convincingly. In tiebreaker scenarios, they have the edge over us.

 

[UT97Vol]

No, you’re living in a world of delusional negativity. Far be it from me to dissuade you from your misery, and I’m sure that’s impossible anyway.

Nothing negative about looking at the rankings, seeing four teams in front of us, and knowing the league is probably only going to get four. It’s called realism or objectivity.

Nothing on this board I’ve said supports misery or negativity so I have no idea where you get off with that. I was one of the few positive ones going into the UGA game. Just because you don’t like the reality of the situation doesn’t mean someone else is negative.

 

[EZE]

We don’t want A&M to beat TX. This is the same as people who wanted Ole Miss to beat UGA. We don’t want another SEC team to go above us which will happen if A&M gets in SEC champ game. And they won’t drop TX below is.

The ideal situation is for two 10-2 teams to play in Atlanta…as long as we are not one of them.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Yes we beat one team that beat Ole Miss. They beat both of the teams that beat us and did it convincingly. In tiebreaker scenarios, they have the edge over us.

Not if they lose another game, which is possible at Florida. That was my point. Everybody still has games to win including us.

 

[CAVPUT]

I really don't see how they can and leave Bama in with us a win over Them. I think they keep us in Just cause they gonna have to keep Bama in unless they lose

We got lucky on a particular day. If we played them this weekend, they'd beat us by 10+.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Texas has got the benefit of their schedule. When they beat Michigan, it was considered a good win - not so much anymore - that that pushed them to the top 3 or 4. As teams lost, they moved up - case in point when Bama beat UGA then Bama lost to Vandy then Tennessee - Texas benefited. They lost to UGA the seventh game of the season and as other teams have lost, they have moved up. They are setting at three because of that.

If they lost to A&M they will drop - where they land will depend upon the score and how the other teams look THAT WEEK. A loss would also remove them from the SEC title game, so no chance for movement - but like the SEC teams that don't make the game, with a host of 2 loss teams there would be movement after the championship games.

If they beat A&M, they will probably see loss number 2 in the SEC game. What if that loss is to Bama? They would have lost to the two best SEC teams they played - while Tennessee split with the two, Ole Miss beat one of them.

All I will say is that selecting 3 or 4 from the SEC teams is going to be controversial given the potential of who beat whom and who lost to whom.

Texas has the weakest strength of schedule among all top SEC competing for playoffs.

 

[deatojl]

Each team’s resume is much bigger than a single game. Our fans have to get over this Bama complex that says we should be ahead of them no matter what else happens.

While this is true, Bama’s resume now consists of two ranked wins, a good loss and a bad loss. Tennessee’s resume consists of one ranked win, a good loss and a bad loss coupled with the head to head win over Bama and what would be a win over the other team that beat Bama.