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Tennessee football falls during Week 9 bye in SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 26, 2020; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt celebrates after a touchdown against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2020; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt celebrates after a touchdown against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee players review plays on the sideline during the Alabama and Tennessee football game at Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.Tennessee Vs Alabama Football 100369
Tennessee players review plays on the sideline during the Alabama and Tennessee football game at Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.Tennessee Vs Alabama Football 100369 /

Things are looking worse for the Tennessee football Volunteers even without playing.

Not playing didn’t do too much damage to Tennessee football this past weekend in our SEC Power Rankings, but the Vols are still on one of the longest losing streaks in league play, and that didn’t change over the weekend. As a result, these guys are still in a bit of trouble.

Of course, there are quite a few other SEC teams in trouble as well, and while many may be on the rise, the grand scheme of things shows them in worse shape. With the regular season halfway through, it’s getting harder to separate teams.

What’s clear is that there is still one undefeated team and one winless team. So we know who’s at the top and the bottom, and three other one-loss teams makes it somewhat easier for us to separate programs by tiers.

As we get set to break down the conference once again following Week 9 of the 2020 season and Week 6 of the SEC season, we’ll explain how Tennessee football still got hurt. A three-game losing streak must be undone before they can stop any slide.

Beyond Rocky Top, though, there’s another team that joined the more than one-win category over the weekend, and another team that made a splash the first week is still on a major slide. To a degree that hasn’t changed too much on the edges of our SEC Power Rankings.

However, nine of the 14 teams currently have losing records, and seven of the teams, or half the league, are two-win teams with losing records. There’s a clear-cut No. 1, a clear group of teams who belong from No. 2 to No. 4 and now a clear No. 5.

Everything else, however, is murky, and No. 5 to No. 13 could all be changed on a week-to-week basis. Let’s see what they look like here. Here is where Tennessee football and the other 13 teams fall in our SEC Power Rankings for this week.

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