Week 8 AP Poll (10/13/2024) - Vols #11

[TrueOrange]

Vols drops 3 spots to #11

RK	TEAM	REC	PTS	PRV
1	TEX(56)	6-0	1544	1
2	ORE(6)	6-0	1493	3
3	PSU	6-0	1380	4
4	OSU	5-1	1357	2
5	UGA	5-1	1300	5
6	MIA	6-0	1232	6
7	ALA	5-1	1127	7
8	LSU	5-1	994	13
9	ISU	6-0	982	11
10	CLEM	5-1	980	10
11	TENN	5-1	959	8
12	ND	5-1	914	13
13	BYU	6-0	889	14
14	TA&M	5-1	744	15
15	BOISE	5-1	597	17
16	INDIANA	6-0	580	18
17	KSU	5-1	567	18
18	MISS	5-2	511	9
19	MIZZ	5-1	409	21
20	PITT	6-0	397	22
21	SMU	5-1	260	25
22	ILL	5-1	249	23
23	ARMY	6-0	137	NR
24	MICH	4-2	133	24
25	NAVY	5-0	84	NR

Others receiving votes:

Vanderbilt 68, Nebraska 62, Arizona State 39, Oklahoma 36, Washington State 32, Iowa 29, Texas Tech 18, Syracuse 13, Arkansas 13, Utah 7, Louisville 6, USC 5, Liberty 2, UNLV 1

Dropped from rankings: Utah 16, Oklahoma 18

 

[chattaboogie]

Seems fair. I definitely wouldn’t bet on us to beat anyone ranked ahead of us.

 

[walkenvol]

Better than I expected

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

But Bama still at 7. Comical.

 

[TrueOrange]

Army and Navy both ranked! First time since 1960!

 

[captainsword]

I’m fine with that. Only thing that matters at this point is to win the next game. Being ranked higher now won’t help us if we lose a couple more games, at least as far as making the playoffs goes. A higher rank seems to carry more pressure.

 

[Matt2496]

That's reasonable to me. We are definitely not a top 10 team.

 

[Hunter10139]

Seems reasonable tbh

 

[#1fulmerite]

Halfway through the season and we haven’t beaten a team that is ranked.

 

[heath.hinkle]

Closer to accurate

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Dropping Tennessee and keeping Alabama flat at #7 is comical. The Vols would absolutely wax Iowa State and Clemson.

 

[Spawn]

Vols drops 3 spots to #11

RK	TEAM	REC	PTS	PRV
1	TEX(56)	6-0	1544	1
2	ORE(6)	6-0	1493	3
3	PSU	6-0	1380	4
4	OSU	5-1	1357	2
5	UGA	5-1	1300	5
6	MIA	6-0	1232	6
7	ALA	5-1	1127	7
8	LSU	5-1	994	13
9	ISU	6-0	982	11
10	CLEM	5-1	980	10
11	TENN	5-1	959	8
12	ND	5-1	914	13
13	BYU	6-0	889	14
14	TA&M	5-1	744	15
15	BOISE	5-1	597	17
16	INDIANA	6-0	580	18
17	KSU	5-1	567	18
18	MISS	5-2	511	9
19	MIZZ	5-1	409	21
20	PITT	6-0	397	22
21	SMU	5-1	260	25
22	ILL	5-1	249	23
23	ARMY	6-0	137	NR
24	MICH	4-2	133	24
25	NAVY	5-0	84	NR

Others receiving votes:

Vanderbilt 68, Nebraska 62, Arizona State 39, Oklahoma 36, Washington State 32, Iowa 29, Texas Tech 18, Syracuse 13, Arkansas 13, Utah 7, Louisville 6, USC 5, Liberty 2, UNLV 1

Dropped from rankings: Utah 16, Oklahoma 18

If we drop for a close game, Alabubba should have dropped

 

[Behr]

Halfway through the season and we haven’t beaten a team that is ranked.

We've played everyone on our schedule and beaten all but one. 2 were ranked when we played them.

Not arguing with you just stating it more truthfully.

 

[Boston Vol]

Dropping Tennessee and keeping Alabama flat at #7 is comical. The Vols would absolutely wax Iowa State and Clemson.

Alabama has a win against the team that’s ranked fifth in this week's poll. That carries a lot of weight. The way Tennessee’s passing game is operating at the moment, they wouldn’t wax anyone outside of the dregs of college football.

 

[zeppelin128]

I can understand us dropping, but Bama sure as hell should drop too if scrapping by inferior opponents is the standard for losing spots.

Assholes.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Halfway through the season and we haven’t beaten a team that is ranked.

None of the teams we have played are ranked.

You can't make this stuff up

 

[PA Vol]

Alabama loses to Vandy and then escapes a bad team at home, doesn't drop. Tennessee loses to Arky and escapes a bad team at home, drops three spots lmao

Make it make sense. I’m not even mad about our rank but come on

 

[Volbrando]

Bama only says ahead of us because of the Georgia win and Georgia being still ranked so high.

 

[GetEmVols]

But Bama still at 7. Comical.

They beat Georgia. We haven’t beaten a ranked team this season. Only overhyped preseason ranked teams.

 

[BelleVol]

The pollsters can see the red flags flying above this team.

 

[volfan102455]

We've played everyone on our schedule and beaten all but one. 2 were ranked when we played them.

Not arguing with you just stating it more truthfully.

And Iowa State has beaten no one, though I guess they get credit for the Iowa win that now doesn't look as good.

More than likely there are four teams who have a weak schedule (Iowa State, BYU, Pittsburg and Miami) that could end up with no losses. Clemson will either end up with 2 losses or 1 loss with a 1 loss Pitt team. These teams, just like Penn State and Oregon will bubble to the top just because of not having a loss.

Because of that both the ACC and Big 12, who are the two weaker conferences will probably get 2 maybe 3 teams in the playoffs - which the SEC teams are beating each other up.

I would not be surprised if the SEC only ends up with 2 teams making the top 12 - just because there are quite a few teams with favorable schedules in conferences that do not have the toughness from top to bottom.

 

[GetEmVols]

Alabama loses to Vandy and then escapes a bad team at home, doesn't drop. Tennessee loses to Arky and escapes a bad team at home, drops three spots lmao

Make it make sense. I’m not even mad about our rank but come on

All the teams we beat are proving to be scrubs. Oklahoma got dominated. We haven’t beaten anyone this season. Honestly might not even be a top 20 team. Guess we find out this Saturday.

 

[volfan102455]

They beat Georgia. We haven’t beaten a ranked team this season. Only overhyped preseason ranked teams.

They lost to Vandy!!!! And were out played by SC.

Next week after we beat them, the narrative will change and it will be that Tennessee beat a bad Bama team.

 

[volfan102455]

The pollsters can see the red flags flying above this team.

But they are blind to Bama and Ole Miss and don't recognize that Miami, Texas and Iowa State also have played no one.

You can't give Texas credit for OU without also giving Tennessee credit.

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Well, it looks like our playoff hopes are now all but gone.