The likely reason why Tennessee dropped in the AP Top 25 poll despite win against South Carolina
The Tennessee Vols dropped in the new AP Top 25 poll that was released on Sunday afternoon despite their win against the South Carolina Gamecocks this weekend. Tennessee, which is 4-1 after the first month of the season, went from No. 21 in the polls to No. 22. It's not often that a program wins […]
The Tennessee Vols dropped in the new AP Top 25 poll that was released on Sunday afternoon despite their win against the South Carolina Gamecocks this weekend.
Tennessee, which is 4-1 after the first month of the season, went from No. 21 in the polls to No. 22.
It's not often that a program wins an SEC conference game and then falls in the AP Top 25.
The reason Tennessee fell in the polls likely has to do with the Florida Gators' 33-14 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday in Lexington.
Florida clearly isn't a very good team this season, but they still managed to earn a win against Tennessee in September.
And Tennessee's loss to the Gators doesn't look very good with Florida sitting at 3-2 and coming off a loss against the Wildcats.
If Florida beats Kentucky on Saturday, the Vols probably climb a couple of spots instead of falling. Fair or not, that's how this voting process tends to go.
The other reason that Tennessee fell in the polls is because of voters like Action Network's Brett McMurphy, who didn't even have the Vols in the top 25 on his ballot this week.
But he voted LSU, which is 3-2 and coming off a loss to Ole Miss, at No. 25.
I'm not sure what sense that makes. It's obvious that some voters, like McMurphy, can't remove their bias from the voting process.
Fortunately for the Vols, the AP Top 25 doesn't mean much these days. And even if it did, Tennessee still has plenty of time to make up ground this fall.
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