Omega
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The formulation of the SP rankings is some combination of returning production, new, recruits, and recency of past success. Thus the Vols are ranked on the outside looking in. Honestly if Ohio State had not had 11 draft eligible players return plus a portal QB, they might not have made the top ten.You have to put Tennessee in there somewhere. They looked awful tough with Nico Iamaleava at QB in the Citrus bowl. They just might win the SEC next year.
Given I have family ties to UT, I do follow the Vols. College football would be a better product if UT and other traditional powers were consistently good again.