National media outlet predicts where Tennessee will land in new AP Top 25 poll
The Tennessee Vols should move up a few spots in the new AP Top 25 poll that will be released on Sunday afternoon thanks to their 20-13 win against the Texas A&M Aggies. Tennessee entered the week at No. 19 in the polls (tied with Washington State). 247Sports is predicting that they'll move up just […]
The Tennessee Vols should move up a few spots in the new AP Top 25 poll that will be released on Sunday afternoon thanks to their 20-13 win against the Texas A&M Aggies.
Tennessee entered the week at No. 19 in the polls (tied with Washington State). 247Sports is predicting that they'll move up just one spot, to No. 18, in the new poll.
From 247Sports: It wasn't pretty at times, but the Vols held off the Aggies inside Neyland Stadium with several big plays in the fourth quarter, highlighted by a pair of interceptions late against Max Johnson. Coming out of their open week following a win over South Carolina, Tennessee's momentous win was driven by its defense as the Vols' defensive front produced a bevy of big plays in the backfield to pave the team's route to victory.
I'd probably have Tennessee moving up to No. 16.
UCLA was at No. 18 and lost to Oregon State. Louisville, which was at No. 14, lost to unranked Pittsburgh. Tennessee should at least jump both of those teams.
USC, which was at No. 10, was blown out by Notre Dame. The Trojans don't have any "signature wins" this season so there's really no reason to keep them ahead of the Vols (though that one could go either way…but I'll give the edge to Tennessee for now because they're coming off a win against a conference opponent).
No. 16 just feels like the right spot for the Vols at the halfway point of their season.
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