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Ranking Tennessee football’s 10 wins with College GameDay in attendance

By Caleb Calhoun

14 Oct 1995: TENNESSEE WIDE RECERIVER MARCUS NASH SCORES HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN AGAINST ALABAMA DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE VOLUNTEERS 41-14 VICTORY OVER THE CRIMSON TIDE AT LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
14 Oct 1995: TENNESSEE WIDE RECERIVER MARCUS NASH SCORES HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN AGAINST ALABAMA DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE VOLUNTEERS 41-14 VICTORY OVER THE CRIMSON TIDE AT LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. /
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Three Saturdays ago, Tennessee football secured its 10th win in school history with ESPN College GameDay in attendance. The road show began in 1993 and first involved a UT game in 1995. Although the Vols have a losing record all-time with GameDay in attendance, at 10-12, they have had some memorable victories.

Now, GameDay is coming back to Knoxville again, this time for the Vols’ matchup with the Alabama Crimson Tide. It’s the first time since 1995 that GameDay is on hand for a Tennessee-Alabama game, and for Vol fans, that’s a great omen. We can dive into why with this post.

While UT looks to get a bit closer to .500 in front of GameDay this week, let’s take a look back at the success the Vols have had leading up to this matchup and what was significant about Lee Corso and co. at each one. Here is our ranking of Tennessee football’s 10 victories with College GameDay in attendance.

The Tennessee football Volunteers will be going for their 11th win with ESPN College GameDay in attendance when they host the Alabama Crimson Tide.

In this 2006 file photo, Scott Altizer, right, talks with Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge after the Vols’ 31-24 victory over South Carolina in Columbia, SC.Scottaltizer
In this 2006 file photo, Scott Altizer, right, talks with Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge after the Vols’ 31-24 victory over South Carolina in Columbia, SC.Scottaltizer /

Final. 31. 839. 24. 850

Oct. 28, 2006

If you want to look back at the last time the Vols were playing this well in mid-October, 2006 is where you go. UT came into this game 6-1, and ironically, they had just beaten Alabama, which remains their last win in the series. They were No. 8 in the AP Poll and No. 9 in the Coaches Poll, their only blemish a one-point loss to the Florida Gators.

On the other side, the South Carolina Gamecocks were in their second year under Steve Spurrier. They had beaten UT in Knoxville the year before and came into this one at 5-2. Although they were unranked, the Spurrier-Phillip Fulmer storyline is what made this one intriguing.

This is one of the games in which Lee Corso picked Tennessee football, and the Vols delivered. They needed a couple turnovers and a fourth quarter touchdown to pull it out, and Erik Ainge did get hurt in this one, costing them their next two games, but they won to improve to 7-1 entering November at the time.

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