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Tennessee
Best finish
No. 1
Seasons ranked
27 / 27
Best finish
No. 1 (2024-2025)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportBest ranking by season · 2000-2001 – 2026-2027
Each point is Tennessee's best rank that season. Lower is better; gaps are seasons unranked.
A year is lit when Tennessee was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s7 ranked
2010s10 ranked
2000s10 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2025-2026Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2025-2026 Schedule
8–5Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs |  Syracuse · neutral |
W 45–26 |
| Wk 2 | vs | East Tennessee State | W 72–17 |
| Wk 3 | vs | 6 Georgia |
L 41–44 |
| Wk 4 | vs |  UAB |
W 56–24 |
| Wk 5 | at |  Mississippi State |
W 41–34 |
| Wk 7 | vs |  Arkansas |
W 34–31 |
| Wk 8 | at | 6 Alabama |
L 20–37 |
| Wk 9 | at |  Kentucky |
W 56–34 |
| Wk 10 | vs | 18 Oklahoma |
L 27–33 |
| Wk 12 | vs | New Mexico State | W 42–9 |
| Wk 13 | at |  Florida |
W 31–11 |
| Wk 14 | vs | 12 Vanderbilt |
L 24–45 |
| Bowl | vs |  Illinois · neutral |
L 28–30 |