BYU and Kentucky were better than UCLA and Auburn that year.
Tennessee should never lose to Kentucky, Vanderbilt, or South Carolina.
That being said Kentucky has had some stability with Stoops and Tennessee was looking ahead to Bama and the players underestimated UK. The Vols are still not good enough to just be able to flip the switch whenever they want.
We played mistake free football after the Alabama game last year and we're gonna have to do it again