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Tennessee Volunteers college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Tennessee are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Tennessee Volunteers teams.

Top 3 Tennessee Volunteers Teams

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1998
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2001
3

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Tennessee football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Tennessee football rankings
Massey Howell Sorenson TFS Hatch Loudsound Jellyjuke Squaregear Entropy CPI Moore Bihl Sagedrive Congrove M Cubed
Season Overall Rating Record Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating
2021 0.456 5 - 7 30 7.68 40 0.65 37 4992 42 142.84 51 0.50 42 44.05 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30 84.79 43 4.33 N/A N/A 55 74.86 43 0.06
2020 0.488 3 - 7 57 6.88 58 0.51 59 7714 N/A N/A 87 0.38 N/A N/A 90 -0.51 88 0.45 86 43.88 95 0.00 62 69.98 78 -0.89 N/A N/A 19 84.82 85 -1.30
2019 0.562 8 - 5 32 1.82 36 0.63 33 27233 37 142.15 37 0.55 36 46.00 34 0.48 33 0.57 39 53.45 32 0.05 38 69.59 35 5.55 34 0.65 34 46.83 35 0.18
2018 0.483 5 - 7 49 1.74 69 0.55 54 18600 54 139.98 67 0.41 71 38.58 75 -0.05 73 0.51 58 48.97 85 0.02 76 64.98 53 2.46 80 0.48 92 26.34 82 -0.91
2017 0.412 4 - 8 78 1.42 97 0.42 84 14975 88 127.79 98 0.28 94 33.18 99 -0.52 94 0.47 81 42.24 100 0.01 87 59.16 88 -4.87 97 0.38 97 22.18 95 -1.65
2016 0.639 9 - 4 23 1.95 19 0.73 14 28930 16 149.19 12 0.69 36 46.04 20 0.88 14 0.60 16 87.44 15 0.08 30 73.37 17 10.39 17 0.77 25 54.98 24 0.66
2015 0.663 9 - 4 10 2.23 15 0.77 15 29022 14 151.03 15 0.68 20 52.73 23 0.96 26 0.60 11 86.05 28 0.07 9 84.03 21 11.75 29 0.74 26 62.38 23 0.87
2014 0.570 7 - 6 28 1.95 40 0.64 34 24349 33 144.09 37 0.56 50 44.22 46 0.35 45 0.55 29 78.83 49 0.04 24 76.93 36 6.00 49 0.61 59 38.53 48 -0.02
2013 0.503 5 - 7 48 1.72 66 0.53 50 18220 55 132.99 59 0.47 69 38.72 56 0.22 62 0.52 57 68.00 74 0.02 58 66.68 47 3.58 69 0.52 83 27.22 66 -0.46
2012 0.468 5 - 7 54 1.72 66 0.55 56 22425 63 86.35 66 0.43 72 37.25 71 -0.14 69 0.50 45 74.32 76 0.01 58 66.78 65 0.15 73 0.47 76 29.19 70 -0.78
2011 0.471 5 - 7 44 1.70 76 0.49 40 24814 50 88.52 62 0.44 61 39.45 65 -0.07 61 0.51 45 72.69 70 0.02 57 66.83 60 0.31 67 0.49 77 28.10 61 -0.03
2010 0.467 6 - 7 52 1.75 62 0.55 61 18896 63 81.33 67 0.40 66 38.45 71 -0.17 70 0.50 58 73.49 70 0.02 36 72.02 63 -0.09 71 0.47 71 31.72 67 -0.14
2009 0.542 7 - 6 31 1.93 20 0.74 34 24983 38 89.81 41 0.54 42 44.69 45 0.38 49 0.54 35 79.90 53 0.03 34 73.28 38 5.72 50 0.59 54 39.31 44 0.42
2008 0.465 5 - 7 58 1.69 68 0.51 57 25132 62 89.06 62 0.43 67 37.52 71 -0.21 70 0.49 61 69.79 76 0.01 35 71.42 64 -1.38 71 0.45 66 30.80 85 -0.59
2007 0.625 10 - 4 15 2.04 15 0.74 14 29264 15 97.58 13 0.69 13 51.98 15 1.06 11 0.61 12 85.50 14 0.08 17 78.31 11 12.26 14 0.79 19 54.83 16 1.07
2006 0.624 9 - 4 17 2.08 16 0.77 14 30508 16 100.02 15 0.69 20 51.74 18 1.03 17 0.60 16 84.95 22 0.07 29 75.77 16 12.60 19 0.78 26 52.56 20 1.13
2005 0.500 5 - 6 44 1.76 52 0.57 46 26085 45 94.49 42 0.51 49 39.48 52 0.11 46 0.52 46 72.31 61 0.02 40 70.13 48 2.76 56 0.53 62 33.21 49 0.24
2004 0.646 10 - 3 17 1.95 16 0.76 14 33089 17 106.44 15 0.72 7 57.77 11 1.23 13 0.62 20 83.09 16 0.08 18 79.05 14 13.81 13 0.82 20 59.24 14 1.19
2003 0.631 10 - 3 19 1.98 14 0.76 16 30178 15 101.93 13 0.69 17 51.94 13 1.08 14 0.61 13 85.61 17 0.08 26 71.97 11 12.56 14 0.80 15 64.63 17 1.14
2002 0.569 8 - 5 31 1.81 36 0.65 31 24840 33 121.72 37 0.55 32 46.52 36 0.57 36 0.55 35 78.79 42 0.04 25 72.25 31 7.02 36 0.64 31 51.88 33 0.74
2001 0.749 11 - 2 3 2.40 3 0.86 3 38223 2 139.46 2 0.86 4 59.40 3 1.64 2 0.66 3 93.48 3 0.14 6 82.07 2 19.56 3 0.95 7 76.06 3 1.74
2000 0.589 8 - 4 23 1.90 28 0.68 33 27928 35 120.16 26 0.61 27 47.34 28 0.63 32 0.56 25 80.20 32 0.04 20 73.44 26 7.36 33 0.67 21 60.12 30 0.78
1999 0.679 9 - 3 9 2.21 10 0.80 7 33807 8 120.35 7 0.76 10 54.76 12 1.14 10 0.62 10 89.55 11 0.09 5 83.00 11 13.41 11 0.83 11 76.61 10 1.29
1998 0.803 13 - 0 1 2.56 1 0.93 1 17978 1 126.98 1 0.86 1 69.59 1 2.20 1 0.69 1 97.97 1 0.18 1 89.00 1 25.86 1 1.05 1 109.36 1 2.09
1997 0.764 11 - 2 5 2.44 5 0.88 5 16051 3 128.47 4 0.85 2 68.01 3 1.84 3 0.68 5 93.00 3 0.17 8 84.00 4 22.23 3 0.99 5 96.78 3 2.01
1996 0.682 10 - 2 8 2.28 10 0.80 8 15367 10 119.39 8 0.75 9 56.71 12 1.23 8 0.62 7 89.59 11 0.09 8 85.00 11 14.70 9 0.86 9 87.88 13 1.31
1995 0.748 11 - 1 5 2.47 5 0.86 5 16450 5 123.87 4 0.81 3 60.64 3 1.75 3 0.66 3 95.67 4 0.15 8 85.00 3 20.40 3 0.97 3 100.16 3 1.88
1994 0.597 8 - 4 11 2.05 19 0.73 15 8348 17 114.33 14 0.68 20 48.27 19 0.79 19 0.58 14 85.28 20 0.06 6 84.00 17 9.68 19 0.73 11 45.57 18 1.01
1993 0.655 9 - 2 - 1 12 2.20 13 0.80 13 13689 14 118.92 13 0.70 11 55.05 13 1.19 13 0.61 6 89.17 11 0.10 5 87.00 13 13.64 13 0.83 8 55.01 11 1.37
1992 0.629 9 - 3 9 2.12 11 0.77 11 12011 12 115.93 13 0.68 17 49.78 15 0.97 18 0.59 10 86.92 19 0.07 19 76.00 14 10.95 17 0.77 N/A N/A 23 0.81
1991 0.649 9 - 3 17 2.08 15 0.77 12 12756 11 118.34 11 0.73 15 54.58 14 1.20 14 0.62 15 85.20 15 0.09 14 79.00 11 14.45 N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 1.44
1990 0.656 9 - 2 - 2 13 2.10 9 0.79 9 11473 13 117.04 10 0.73 6 55.91 10 1.19 9 0.62 14 86.43 8 0.11 12 80.00 11 13.41 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 1.24
1989 0.721 11 - 1 10 2.26 5 0.87 6 14138 4 124.56 3 0.83 2 61.91 3 1.75 2 0.67 10 89.41 2 0.17 16 77.00 4 19.91 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 1.97
1988 0.496 5 - 6 35 1.71 57 0.51 44 2914 45 104.65 43 0.50 51 38.94 50 0.09 48 0.52 47 75.80 57 0.02 40 68.00 47 1.85 N/A N/A N/A N/A 41 0.31
1987 0.619 10 - 2 - 1 16 1.96 15 0.75 18 8459 15 115.86 14 0.68 15 52.68 14 1.05 15 0.60 18 83.16 16 0.07 17 76.00 15 12.34 N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 0.91
1986 0.517 7 - 5 28 1.77 41 0.59 38 3336 41 104.77 37 0.51 44 40.57 37 0.25 44 0.52 40 75.03 39 0.03 18 75.00 41 2.33 N/A N/A N/A N/A 46 0.16
1985 0.724 9 - 1 - 2 3 2.42 3 0.86 3 15605 4 125.03 4 0.82 7 59.89 6 1.45 5 0.65 8 86.51 3 0.17 2 90.00 5 18.56 N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 1.39
1984 0.592 7 - 4 - 1 16 1.93 21 0.70 20 7683 17 116.19 18 0.65 31 45.42 23 0.68 20 0.58 18 84.44 22 0.06 9 77.00 18 9.42 N/A N/A N/A N/A 17 0.90
1983 0.617 9 - 3 13 2.06 16 0.74 13 10663 13 119.14 15 0.67 15 51.49 16 0.92 14 0.59 23 82.62 17 0.07 19 75.00 15 10.93 N/A N/A N/A N/A 22 1.00
1982 0.512 6 - 5 - 1 40 1.73 42 0.60 45 2584 40 108.02 44 0.49 43 40.40 49 0.15 52 0.51 38 78.80 57 0.02 35 68.00 45 2.82 N/A N/A N/A N/A 54 0.14
1981 0.534 8 - 4 41 1.56 48 0.62 37 5886 40 109.29 37 0.57 37 45.16 39 0.51 40 0.54 44 78.24 46 0.03 44 64.00 37 6.23 N/A N/A N/A N/A 40 0.54
1980 0.510 5 - 6 33 1.74 42 0.63 33 5955 36 109.22 48 0.50 58 38.37 72 -0.02 68 0.50 42 74.04 80 0.01 24 72.00 50 2.51 N/A N/A N/A N/A 57 0.14
1979 0.559 7 - 5 39 1.65 32 0.69 31 7415 35 112.78 38 0.57 N/A N/A 43 0.41 40 0.54 29 78.34 45 0.03 27 72.00 39 5.70 N/A N/A N/A N/A 41 0.47
1978 0.512 5 - 5 - 1 41 1.64 57 0.58 38 4919 41 109.55 49 0.51 58 38.79 61 0.12 56 0.52 54 73.03 68 0.02 17 75.00 48 3.50 N/A N/A N/A N/A 51 0.28
1977 0.469 4 - 7 52 1.50 70 0.57 57 3152 57 106.53 68 0.45 95 31.89 93 -0.29 91 0.47 52 70.94 103 0.01 29 70.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 88 -0.39
1976 0.513 6 - 5 30 1.65 40 0.61 32 5525 31 111.39 36 0.55 58 38.09 59 0.13 63 0.51 35 74.60 69 0.02 23 72.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 73 -0.19
1975 0.531 7 - 5 37 1.58 40 0.66 34 5844 33 112.24 35 0.58 47 41.94 42 0.47 42 0.55 39 73.06 45 0.03 45 67.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 39 0.62
1974 0.622 7 - 3 - 2 15 2.00 18 0.75 14 11189 15 120.94 11 0.73 12 51.36 15 0.96 13 0.60 19 83.40 13 0.08 18 77.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 1.24
1973 0.569 8 - 4 29 1.74 26 0.70 21 8966 23 117.57 23 0.65 25 48.76 24 0.77 24 0.57 26 77.16 28 0.05 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 26 0.82
1972 0.701 10 - 2 7 2.36 8 0.86 6 16008 8 129.06 10 0.78 6 60.99 7 1.49 7 0.64 8 92.40 6 0.13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 1.70
1971 0.669 10 - 2 11 2.22 11 0.82 7 14100 9 124.48 11 0.75 10 56.02 10 1.44 9 0.63 11 89.07 10 0.11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 1.52
1970 0.730 11 - 1 4 2.53 2 0.92 4 17329 4 132.86 3 0.85 4 61.03 2 1.72 2 0.66 4 92.49 3 0.14 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 1.75

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