How are we not in the top 5 after that?

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

?

 

[igotworms]

Bc there's still a few good teams up there

Just give it a couple weeks

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Because it doesn’t matter that we beat three top 25 teams.
we aren’t Bama, OSU or Georgia

 

[HoopCreekTN]

It would help bring in more viewers next Saturday if we are and Bama keeps its position.

 

[JOEY’S ALL VOL !!!]

Because we haven’t beaten anybody that really matters yet, but we’re getting ready to have that opportunity. TN vs Bama, both ranked, both good, with a lot on the line. The way it should be !

GO VOLS

 

[Godfatha]

Take it game by game and it will take care of itself. I do think we should be higher than Clempson and probably Michigan.

 

[mscc1998]

Depends on whether others above us lose. If that happens, we will move up.

 

[zeppelin128]

If Texas Tech and Boston College both do us a solid, we will jump Okie State and Clemson. TTU is up 24-20 over Okie State at halftime.

 

[Zues1]

If Texas Tech and Boston College both do us a solid, we will jump Okie State and Clemson. TTU is up 24-20 over Okie State at halftime.

Definitely should be ahead of okie state

 

[zeppelin128]

Definitely should be ahead of okie state

Agree, even if they pull out the win.

 

[Orange931]

We probably will be because people wanna see a top 5 matchup next weekend.

 

[LittleVol]

?

We play in the # 1 team in the country next Saturday.

Let's see if we're top 5 after that...

 

[BACKDOC]

Because it doesn’t matter that we beat two top 25 teams.
we aren’t Bama, OSU or Georgia

You mean 3 top 25 teams.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

You mean 3 top 25 teams.

LOLI fixed that

just saying, have Bama or Georgia even played a ranked team yet?

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Just have to keep climbing the ladder. The next step awaits.

 

[TnVol!]

Beat Alabama!!!

 

[Jeff Clark]

I think the highest Tennessee rises to is #7

 

[The Original Fade]

It was definitely the biggest win of the year so far

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Tennessee will be in the Top 5. The media will want to hype a Top 5 matchup.

 

[Smokey7]

Must stop B.Young!

 

[EaglesVols91]

We should definitely jump Michigan…they play a bunch of nobodies and barely beat bum ass Indiana today

 

[VFL-82-JP]

?

To get to the #5 spot (or higher), we have to leapfrog at least three teams.

Name three (or more, if you wish) that you think we've proven we are better than, and make the case to voters who live in Cleveland or Provo or Amarillo. Explain to us as you would to them how we've shown we deserve those spots more than the other teams do. For each of the three, please.

Short of that, we're just gonna have to wait for (a) some of those teams to lose and fall, or (b) us to beat the #1 or #2 team. THAT will push us higher even if no one else above us loses.

We should definitely jump Michigan…they play a bunch of nobodies and barely beat bum ass Indiana today

31-10 won't look like "barely" to the poll voters who don't have time to watch every Top 25 team play. It will look like a decisive win. And sure, Michigan hasn't beaten any really good teams yet. But they haven't lost to anyone, either, so the supposition lasts that they MIGHT be good enough to challenge #3 Ohio State for the B10. And who knows, maybe they can.

Until they stumble, or we beat Bama and/or UGa, we're not leapfrogging them. Or USCw, or Ohio State, or Clemson. Maybe we can get past Oklahoma State for #7.

Go Vols!

 

[Boston Vol]

Win next week and being in the top 5 will be a given.

 

[njvols]

?

I think that’s where we land

 

[Godfatha]

LOLI fixed that

just saying, have Bama or Georgia even played a ranked team yet?

Georgia vs Oregon
Bama vs Arkansas...I'm not sure if Texas was ranked when Bama beat them. I think Texas was.