Well, a win is a win, and it was good enough on Saturday for the Tennessee Volunteers to move up in both the AP and Coaches Polls on Sunday.
Tennessee moved up from 12 to 11 in both polls.
Tennessee’s win pretty much just kept them in position for where they were as far as the teams around them. They remained one spot behind LSU, but also one spot ahead of 6-0 Georgia Tech, who beat Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Vols’ jump was thanks to Oklahoma dropping below them after losing to Texas in Dallas 23-6.
But a real opportunity to leap a number of teams comes next weekend, as Tennessee is set to take on #6/6 Alabama in Tuscaloosa in one a game of enormous importance for both 5-1 teams. Tennessee enters the game as an 8-point underdog against the Crimson Tide, who beat Missouri yesterday 27-24 on the road.
Despite a top 11 matchup, the Third Saturday in October won’t draw College Gameday, as the popular pregame show is going to an even higher ranked SEC showdown on Saturday – #5/5 Ole Miss at #9/7 Georgia.
But if Tennessee can pull off the upset on Saturday, that would ring loudly among the college football world regardless of rank and pregame exposure.
