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Tennessee-Georgia football game a top 15 matchup in US LBM Coaches Poll
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Tennessee (2-0) enters Week 3 of the 2025 college football season. The Vols have recorded victories against Syracuse and East Tennessee State ahead of opening Southeastern Conference play in Week 3.
Tennessee will host Georgia (2-0) on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EDT (ABC).
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"Conference play starts next Saturday," Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said after defeating ETSU. "We're going to try to be the best football team on the field that Saturday. We need to be at our best. We certainly know who they are as a program and what they are as a football team. It'll take us being at our best, and we're going to need our fans to be at their best too next Saturday."
Ahead of Saturday's SEC matchup, the US LBM Coaches Poll was released. The Vols are ranked No. 15 entering Week 3. Tennessee was ranked No. 18 in the preseason and No. 17 after Week 1.
Georgia is ranked No. 3 ahead of playing the Vols.
2025 US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 rankings after Week 2
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ohio State |
2-0 |
1668 |
62 |
| 2 |
Penn State |
2-0 |
1576 |
4 |
| 3 |
Georgia |
2-0 |
1488 |
0 |
| 4 |
LSU |
2-0 |
1472 |
1 |
| 5 |
Oregon |
2-0 |
1423 |
0 |
| 6 |
Miami (FL) |
2-0 |
1330 |
0 |
| 7 |
Texas |
1-1 |
1288 |
0 |
| 8 |
Notre Dame |
0-1 |
1041 |
0 |
| 9 |
Illinois |
2-0 |
1019 |
0 |
| 10 |
South Carolina |
2-0 |
1007 |
0 |
| 11 |
Clemson |
1-1 |
995 |
0 |
| 12 |
Florida State |
2-0 |
843 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ole Miss |
2-0 |
803 |
0 |
| 14 |
Iowa State |
3-0 |
794 |
0 |
| 15 |
Tennessee |
2-0 |
733 |
0 |
| 16 |
Oklahoma |
2-0 |
693 |
0 |
| 17 |
Texas A&M |
2-0 |
514 |
0 |
| 18 |
Alabama |
1-1 |
436 |
0 |
| 19 |
Indiana |
2-0 |
425 |
0 |
| 20 |
Texas Tech |
2-0 |
362 |
0 |
| 21 |
Utah |
2-0 |
270 |
0 |
| 22 |
Michigan |
1-1 |
241 |
0 |
| 23 |
South Florida |
2-0 |
232 |
0 |
| 24 |
Arizona State |
1-1 |
206 |
0 |
| 25 |
BYU |
2-0 |
169 |
0 |
Schools dropped out
No. 15 Florida; No. 16 SMU
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Others receiving votes
Missouri 142; Louisville 88; USC 87; SMU 87; Florida 68; Auburn 57; Tulane 55; TCU 36; Georgia Tech 26; Nebraska 19; Navy 16; Washington 15; Mississippi State 15; Memphis 11; Baylor 9; Vanderbilt 7; Kansas 4; UNLV 3; Pittsburgh 1; North Carolina State 1
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; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; 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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