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Tennessee football top 25 ranking in US LBM Coaches Poll Week 7
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Tennessee (4-1, 1-1 SEC) will return to action on Saturday after an open date in Week 6. The Vols were one of seven SEC teams who did not play last week, joining Arkansas , Auburn , LSU , Ole Miss, Missouri and South Carolina.
Tennessee kicked off its 2025 football season versus Syracuse (W, 45-26) in Atlanta, Georgia. The Vols' other nonconference games in 2025 are East Tennessee State (W, 72-17), UAB (W, 56-24) and New Mexico State at Neyland Stadium.
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Tennessee's home SEC schedule has contests against Georgia (L, 44-41 OT), Arkansas , Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, while playing at Mississippi State (W, 41-34 OT), Alabama , Kentucky and Florida .
The Vols' second open date is scheduled for Nov. 8 during Week 11.
The latest US LBM Coaches Poll was released Sunday following Week 6 games. Tennessee is up three spots and ranked No. 12. Below is the latest US LBM Coaches poll top 25.
More: Ranking Tennessee's remaining seven football opponents with best chance to defeat Vols
More: 2025 SEC football power rankings after Week 6
2025 US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 6
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
| 1 |
5-0 |
1638 |
59 |
1 |
- |
1/2 |
|
| 2 |
5-0 |
1572 |
3 |
2 |
- |
2/7 |
|
| 3 |
5-0 |
1531 |
3 |
3 |
- |
3/10 |
|
| 4 |
5-0 |
1402 |
0 |
4 |
- |
4/15 |
|
| 5 |
5-0 |
1330 |
1 |
5 |
- |
5/22 |
|
| 6 |
5-0 |
1283 |
0 |
8 |
+2 |
6/NR |
|
| 7 |
5-0 |
1206 |
0 |
9 |
+2 |
7/21 |
|
| 8 |
4-1 |
1183 |
0 |
11 |
+3 |
8/20 |
|
| 9 |
4-1 |
1128 |
0 |
10 |
+1 |
3/10 |
|
| 10 |
5-0 |
1082 |
0 |
14 |
+4 |
10/24 |
|
| 11 |
4-1 |
999 |
0 |
13 |
+2 |
4/13 |
|
| 12 |
4-1 |
889 |
0 |
15 |
+3 |
12/18 |
|
| 13 |
5-0 |
819 |
0 |
16 |
+3 |
13/NR |
|
| 14 |
5-0 |
736 |
0 |
18 |
+4 |
14/NR |
|
| 15 |
4-1 |
653 |
0 |
20 |
+5 |
13/22 |
|
| 16 |
3-2 |
491 |
0 |
21 |
+5 |
5/21 |
|
| 17 |
5-1 |
484 |
0 |
22 |
+5 |
8/23 |
|
| 18 |
5-0 |
453 |
0 |
23 |
+5 |
18/NR |
|
| 19 |
3-2 |
372 |
0 |
7 |
-12 |
1/19 |
|
| 20 |
5-1 |
329 |
0 |
17 |
-3 |
17/NR |
|
| 21 |
5-1 |
295 |
0 |
12 |
-9 |
12/21 |
|
| 22 |
3-2 |
294 |
0 |
6 |
-16 |
2/22 |
|
| 23 |
4-1 |
292 |
0 |
24 |
+1 |
10/NR |
|
| 24 |
5-1 |
258 |
0 |
NR |
+4 |
24/NR |
|
| 25 |
6-0 |
162 |
0 |
NR |
+1 |
25/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 19 Florida State; No. 25 Utah;
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Others receiving votes
Utah 134; Florida State 93; Cincinnati 70; South Florida 65; North Texas 28; Navy 26; Washington 25; USC 23; UNLV 21; Nebraska 17; TCU 15; Old Dominion 13; Louisville 10; Tulane 8; Duke 7; Auburn 7; Iowa 5; SMU 2;
List of voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.
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