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All for Tennessee Official Week 11 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Nov 12, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones celebrates with the team after the game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 49 to 36. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones celebrates with the team after the game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 49 to 36. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 12, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Kentucky Wildcats during the first half at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

So they could be getting better, but the Tennessee Vols still haven’t done enough to overcome their loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks simply by blowing out Tennessee Tech and getting just a solid victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.

Okay, they did dominate the Wildcats way more than the score showed. And they do have a ton of playmakers on offense. Joshua Dobbs is continuing to put up huge numbers, Alvin Kamara was a welcome return, the offensive line is coming together, and John Kelly, Josh Malone, Jauan Jennings, and Ethan Wolf are all huge playmakers.

But the defense, even while getting healthy and making tons of plays up front, continues to be a huge problem. The Vols gave up over 600 yards to the Wildcats on Saturday and far too many big plays, something they’ve had a problem with all season.

Fortunately, the Vols are still in SEC East contention. But they have to win their final two games, against the Missouri Tigers and Vanderbilt Commodores. That’s still entirely plausible.

With all of this, you could say Tennessee deserved to move up in our SEC Power Rankings after winning. However, there was another team that won. That team moved back ahead of the Vols and knocked the team they beat below the Vols.

It’s also the team that they need to lose again in order to win the East, and we go to them next.

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