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All for Tennessee Official Week 10 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back John Kelly (4) runs the ball against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles during the first quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back John Kelly (4) runs the ball against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles during the first quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones during the first quarter against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones during the first quarter against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

Sorry Tennessee football fans. You don’t get to move up in SEC Power Rankings just because you blew out an FCS school that had no business sharing the field with you in the first place.

At the end of the day, Butch Jones’s team is still nursing a three-game losing streak against FBS teams, and all of them were SEC games. That loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks two weeks ago still resonates.

Getting Jalen Hurd out of the locker room may be a big help for the football program, and the return to health for guys like Alvin Kamara and Cameron Sutton spell good news down the stretch for the Vols. Joshua Dobbs is still great leader as well.

And Florida’s loss last Saturday keeps this team in competition for the SEC East. But they still need a ton of things to happen for them.

And given the way they have played, this weekend’s game against the Kentucky Wildcats is no guarantee. Neither is the final game of the year on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores.

At least they have the Missouri Tigers at home in between those two games. But while the Vols have new life after Florida’s loss last weekend, they still need another Gators loss and have to win out.

Neither are guarantees. So don’t bet on this team just yet.

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