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Tennessee football unchanged after bye in Week 9 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Tennessee defensive backs Jaylen McCollough (22) Trevon Flowers (1), and and Theo Jackson (26) celebrate Flwoers fumble recovery during the NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Ole Miss in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, October 16, 2021.Utvom1016
Tennessee defensive backs Jaylen McCollough (22) Trevon Flowers (1), and and Theo Jackson (26) celebrate Flwoers fumble recovery during the NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Ole Miss in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, October 16, 2021.Utvom1016 /
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Oct 23, 2021; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; LSU Tigers quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (5) looks to pass during the second half against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 23, 2021; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; LSU Tigers quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (5) looks to pass during the second half against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports /

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Last week: Did not play

Dan Mullen was put on the hot seat right after it became clear that the LSU Tigers and Ed Orgeron would part ways. Of course, this is good news for Tennessee football, as the Vols play LSU next year and get Florida at home. They have a chance to make an early-season splash through their first five games if Florida is reeling while LSU and the Pittsburgh Panthers are rebuilding.

LSU, like Florida, has nothing to play for. Although they did beat Florida, this team comes with much higher expectations, and being out of the race for anything before the last week of October does not meet any standard. There’s a reason it was probably easy to move on from Orgeron.

Both LSU and Florida are in the same tier, although LSU is clearly better given its win, and that’s one tier above Tennessee football, which is in its own tier between them and the bottom two tiers. These teams are solid but in the bottom half of our SEC Power Rankings.

A bye doesn’t stop the gauntlet for LSU either. They come right out of it having to visit Alabama. The Texas A&M Aggies are still on their schedule either. To get to a bowl, they’ll have to beat the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks and then either upset A&M or the next team on our list.

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