Where the Tennessee Vols fall in post-spring top 25 rankings from national media outlet
With spring practices behind us, 247Sports updated their top 25 college football rankings and the Tennessee Vols, surprisingly, fell a spot. 247Sports has Tennessee at No. 12 in their updated post-spring top 25 rankings. The Vols were previously ranked No. 11 by 247Sports. Florida State, which was previously ranked No. 18, is the program that […]
With spring practices behind us, 247Sports updated their top 25 college football rankings and the Tennessee Vols, surprisingly, fell a spot.
247Sports has Tennessee at No. 12 in their updated post-spring top 25 rankings.
The Vols were previously ranked No. 11 by 247Sports.
Florida State, which was previously ranked No. 18, is the program that jumped the Vols in 247Sports' rankings, jumping all the way to No. 11 thanks to a strong transfer portal haul.
From 247Sports: Nico Iamaleava leads the Vols at quarterback in a new era of sorts offensively. He was responsible for four touchdowns in his first career start in the Citrus Bowl win over Iowa and last season's sensation at the position, Hendon Hooker, already deemed him "the chosen one" in Knoxville. That's high praise given Hooker's importance to the program and heightened success during his tenure. Like Michael Penix Jr. managed at Washington, Iamaleava is the type of talent that makes everyone around him better. Much of the defense is back, despite losing leading tackler Elijah Herring to the portal recently.
This feels about right for the Vols entering the 2024 season. Tennessee has College Football Playoff-caliber talent. And they have a quarterback (Nico Iamaleava) that has unlimited potential. But coming off a 9-4 season, the Vols have to prove they're worthy of being a top five or top 10 program before they're going to get that kind of respect from folks outside of Knoxville.
Tennessee, however, will have several chances early in the season to make a big jump in the rankings. Early-season matchups against NC State and Oklahoma (both games will be played in September) will give the Volunteers a chance to show that they should be ranked higher than No. 12 this fall.
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