All for Tennessee Week Five Top 25 Rankings: Vols Loss Propels Gators into Poll

The All for Tennessee Week Five Top 25 Rankings included the addition of the Florida Gators after they stunned the Volunteers 28-27 over the weekend.

Two fourth-quarter collapses are keeping the Tennessee Volunteers from potentially being in the Top 10 in this poll. Instead, they don’t even get a vote in the All for Tennessee Week Five Top 25 rankings.

And they don’t deserve one.

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The Volunteers’ epic collapse against the Florida Gators put Jim McElwain’s team into the All for Tennessee Top 25 for the first time this season, just like their collapse two weeks before has kept the Oklahoma Sooners in the Top 25.

There are two more Top 25 teams on Tennessee’s schedule right now the rest of the way, but the Missouri Tigers and Kentucky Wildcats could both make an appearance down the road.

At this point, however, neither one of them belongs in just yet.

It was said before the season that the Vols would have to earn their way into our Top 25 rankings. They clearly have not done that, so as a result they are not getting any recognition now.

But there are other SEC teams getting noticed, including some SEC East teams. Of course, the SEC West is as loaded as ever, but one team was replaced by another from that division in the rankings for this week.

Here is how the teams stacked up in the All for Tennessee Top 25 rankings after the staff votes came in.

1. Ohio State Buckeyes, 4-0

2. Ole Miss Rebels, 4-0

3. Michigan State Spartans, 4-0

4. UCLA Bruins, 4-0

5. Baylor Bears, 3-0

6. Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 4-0

7. Utah Utes, 4-0

8. TCU Horned Frogs, 4-0

9. LSU Tigers, 3-0

10. Georgia Bulldogs, 4-0

11. Florida State Seminoles, 3-0

12. Clemson Tigers, 3-0

13. Alabama Crimson Tide, 3-1

14. Texas A&M Aggies, 4-0

15. Oklahoma Sooners, 3-0

16. Northwestern Wildcats, 4-0

17. USC Trojans, 3-1

18. Stanford Cardinal, 3-1

19. Wisconsin Badgers, 3-1

20. Mississippi State Bulldogs, 3-1

21. Oklahoma State Cowboys, 4-0

22. Florida Gators, 4-0

23. Michigan Wolverines, 3-1

24. West Virginia Mountaineers, 4-0

25. California Golden Bears, 4-0

Others Receiving Votes

Duke Blue Devils (1), 3-1

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The All for Tennessee Week Five Top 25 Rankings included the addition of the Florida Gators after they stunned the Volunteers 28-27 over the weekend.

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