Tennessee football: Vols top 10 upset wins in school history

Tennessee football has scored many shocking victories over great teams. Here are the UT Volunteers’ top 10 upset wins in school history.

With such a storied history, it’s rare when Tennessee football just pulls off a major upset that shocks everybody. More often than not, they are the favorites to win, and it’s been that way since Gen. Robert Neyland catapulted the program onto a national stage.

However, with a history of downturns and revivals, the Vols have met plenty of opponents who were heavy favorites over them at different times. Even when they have been of a similar ranking to another team, other exterior factors skewed the entire public against them. And they skewed the Vegas betting lines.

Simply put, Tennessee football has been disrespected in too many match-ups by national analysts. It’s allowed for them to pull off major upsets that, in some cases, never should have been upsets to begin with.

To be fair, there are indeed other times in which the Vols were the heavy underdog for a reason. And, in rare cases, they were also a significantly worse team. So they have pulled off upsets in numerous ways.

In this post, we’re going to rank those upsets throughout their history. The Vols have pulled off major upsets at the height of their success, and they also have pulled off many en route to returning to glory. You’ll see all of those here.

Many of these games are also a tribute to some of the great coaching jobs done on the field that day. You always have to credit those guys, and Rocky Top has a few legends who were capable of pulling off such accomplishments.

So let’s go ahead and break down all of these games. Here’s a fun trip down Memory Lane in the heart of the summer to enjoy some college football talk. These are the top 10 upsets in Tennessee football history.