Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) awaits its bowl game destination following regular-season play and conference championship week .
Tennessee kicked off its 2025 campaign with a nonconference matchup against Syracuse (W, 45-26) in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee's other nonconference games in 2025 are against East Tennessee State (W, 72-17), UAB (W, 56-24) and New Mexico State (W, 42-9) at Neyland Stadium.
The Vols' SEC home schedule featured contests against Georgia (L, 44-41 OT), Arkansas (W, 34-31), Oklahoma (L, 33-27) and Vanderbilt (L, 45-24) in 2025, while playing at Mississippi State (W, 41-34 OT), Alabama (L, 37-20), Kentucky (W, 56-34) and Florida (W, 31-11).
Tennessee's two open dates in 2025 were on Oct. 4 during Week 6 and Nov. 8 during Week 11.
The latest US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 rankings were released Sunday following conference championship games. The Vols are up one spot to No. 23.
| Rank |
Team |
Record |
PTS |
1st |
Prev |
Chg |
Hi/Lo |
| 1 |
13-0 |
1549 |
61 |
2 |
+1 |
1/21 |
|
| 2 |
12-1 |
1461 |
1 |
3 |
+1 |
2/10 |
|
| 3 |
12-1 |
1433 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
1/3 |
|
| 4 |
12-1 |
1339 |
0 |
6 |
+2 |
4/24 |
|
| 5 |
11-1 |
1317 |
0 |
4 |
-1 |
2/9 |
|
| 6 |
11-1 |
1240 |
0 |
5 |
-1 |
4/15 |
|
| 7 |
11-1 |
1169 |
0 |
7 |
- |
3/22 |
|
| 8 |
10-2 |
1093 |
0 |
8 |
- |
6/NR |
|
| 9 |
10-2 |
1037 |
0 |
9 |
- |
5/21 |
|
| 10 |
10-2 |
941 |
0 |
13 |
+3 |
2/18 |
|
| 11 |
10-3 |
913 |
0 |
10 |
-1 |
4/20 |
|
| 12 |
10-2 |
867 |
0 |
12 |
- |
11/NR |
|
| 13 |
11-2 |
790 |
0 |
11 |
-2 |
8/NR |
|
| 14 |
9-3 |
788 |
0 |
14 |
- |
1/19 |
|
| 15 |
10-2 |
719 |
0 |
15 |
- |
14/NR |
|
| 16 |
9-3 |
558 |
0 |
17 |
+1 |
16/NR |
|
| 17 |
9-3 |
479 |
0 |
18 |
+1 |
13/NR |
|
| 18 |
11-2 |
448 |
0 |
21 |
+3 |
18/NR |
|
| 19 |
12-1 |
389 |
0 |
19 |
- |
19/NR |
|
| 20 |
9-3 |
326 |
0 |
22 |
+2 |
20/NR |
|
| 21 |
10-3 |
288 |
0 |
16 |
-5 |
11/NR |
|
| 22 |
9-3 |
223 |
0 |
23 |
+1 |
7/NR |
|
| 23 |
8-4 |
123 |
0 |
24 |
+1 |
11/24 |
|
| 24 |
9-3 |
119 |
0 |
NR |
+3 |
22/NR |
|
| 25 |
9-2 |
118 |
0 |
25 |
- |
23/NR |
No. 20 North Texas
Iowa 102; North Texas 89; Missouri 51; Duke 43; SMU 32; Washington 24; Illinois 10; Boise State 10; TCU 9; Pittsburgh 9; Arizona State 8; South Florida 7; Louisville 7; Connecticut 7; Penn State 6; Kennesaw State 3; UNLV 2; Old Dominion 2; Western Michigan 1; San Diego State 1
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; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose 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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