There are seven possible scenarios for the rest of Tennessee football’s 2019 season. We rank them for the Volunteers by likelihood of happening here.
Now that they are back to .500, Tennessee football has numerous possible ways to end the season coming off their bye week. Could the Vols finally make a bowl game? Is there a chance they win out and finish in the top 25? What happens if they lose out and go 5-7, missing a bowl for a third straight years?
All of these things are possible going forward. Sure, some seem less likely. But given the way the Vols’ season has gone so far, it makes no sense to write anything off. After all, who would have thought they would start 0-2? And after they did start 0-2, who thought they would make it to 5-5 heading into their second bye week?
With only two games left in the regular season and a maximum of three games possible left, there are only seven remaining possible scenarios for how Tennessee football will end the season. Some are bittersweet, some are awful, and some are great.
In this post, we’re going to rank the likelihood of each of those scenarios. The scenarios aren’t just about record. They are how the Vols get to the record. For example, one record may be more likely than another, but getting to that record by beating certain teams and losing to others could be less likely than others. It all depends on how they get there.
For context, at the beginning of the season, we had them being 6-4 at this point in our game by game predictions. That was assuming they’d win their first two games, but that they wouldn’t beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs, which they did.
Should UT win on Saturday, they will have gotten back to where we figured they’d be at heading into the final week of the season. But what are their chances of doing that? What are their chances of collapsing again and missing out on a bowl game?
These things are possible. And Jeremy Pruitt needs to show some type of improvement in his second season. Let’s break down what that improvement could be. These are all seven possible scenarios ranked by likelihood for how Tennessee football will close out the season.