The Vols open the 2015 season ranked No. 25 in both the Associated Press and Amway Coaches Polls.
The Vols have not been ranked in the season-opening polls since the 2008 polls at No. 18. The last time the Vols were ranked at all was at No. 23 in the Sept. 12, 2012 AP Poll. The Vols have been ranked in 39 preseason AP polls, including 19 years in a row from 1990-2008.
All-time, the Vols have been ranked in 52 percent of polls, dating to 1936. In being ranked 25th to open the season, the Vols have been ranked at least once in 59 of 80 seasons of the poll, 74 percent.