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Tennessee football falls back down in Week 4 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 25, 2021; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Tennessee Volunteers linebacker Jeremy Banks (33) and defensive lineman Caleb Tremblay (97) tackles Florida Gators quarterback Emory Jones (5) during the first quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2021; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Tennessee Volunteers linebacker Jeremy Banks (33) and defensive lineman Caleb Tremblay (97) tackles Florida Gators quarterback Emory Jones (5) during the first quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 25, 2021; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver Josh Ali (6) fumbles the ball against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the fourth quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2021; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver Josh Ali (6) fumbles the ball against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the fourth quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports /

833. . 4-0 (2-0). Previous: . Wildcats . 6. team

Last week: Defeated South Carolina Gamecocks 16-10

Are we being unfair? Kentucky is undefeated with two wins over Power Five programs. On that front, they should be in the same tier as the other undefeated teams in this league. However, they just haven’t shown enough yet to belong there.

UK has squeaked by each of its last three foes. Two of them are in the next to last tier of our SEC Power Rankings, and one of them is an FCS program in the Chattanooga Mocs. Mark Stoops’ team just keeps on doing enough to get by, and as a result, we can’t put them in the top tier yet. One impressive win could do that, though.

What’s clear is that Stoops has established enough of a culture in Lexington, Ky. that these kids expect to win. If not for struggling with an FCS team, we’d still have them in that top tier for now, but they just don’t belong there until they prove that a bit more. Heck, they’re giving Tennessee football fans hope now about potentially beating them in November.

Those chances come this month. Kentucky hosts LSU and visits Georgia this month. That’s part of a three-game stand to test them that starts this week, as they get set to host the next team in our SEC Power Rankings in the same tier as them.

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