Tennessee (7-2, 4-2 SEC) enters Week 11 of the 2026 college football season. The Vols have three regular-season games remaining.
Tennessee will travel to Texas A&M (4-5, 1-5 SEC) on Saturday in Week 11. The Vols will also host LSU in Week 12, while concluding regular-season play at Vanderbilt in Week 13.
Tennessee enters its final three games after defeating Kentucky
(7-2, 5-2 SEC), 34-6, at Neyland Stadium in Week 10.“Phenomenal environment," Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said after defeating the Wildcats. "I knew it would be. Dark mode, homecoming, our fans were tremendous tonight and a great environment that they create for us. Proud of the way that we competed, turnovers were going to be big. Defensively, we forced a couple and didn’t give
it up offensively. That’s been a huge part of our opponent’s success this year. Thought defensively, elite performance ultimately, what you end up giving up on the scoreboard, tremendous effort."
The US LBM Coaches Poll was released Sunday. Tennessee is ranked No. 9.
US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 after Week 10
Schools dropped out
No. 19 Missouri; No. 23 Northwestern
Others receiving votes
Duke 172; Missouri 147; Oklahoma State 27; Northwestern 17; Illinois 13; North Texas 7; Louisville 6; Liberty 6; Wisconsin 5; Oklahoma 2; Minnesota 2; Air Force 1
List of voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.
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This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Tennessee's top 25 ranking after Kentucky win in US LBM Coaches Poll
