USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll: Where Vols are ranked ahead of Alabama game
No. 8 Tennessee (5-0, 2-0 SEC) will host No. 1 Alabama (6-0, 3-0 SEC) Saturday at Neyland Stadium in Week 7.
Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT. CBS will televise the Southeastern Conference matchup.
The latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll was released Sunday ahead of Week 7. Tennessee is ranked No. 8.
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
1 | Alabama | 6-0 | 1,540 (35) | – |
2 | Georgia | 6-0 | 1,516 (18) | – |
3 | 6-0 | 1,477 (10) | – | |
4 | 6-0 | 1,354 | – | |
5 | 6-0 | 1,328 | – | |
6 | 6-0 | 1,219 | – | |
7 | Oklahoma State | 5-0 | 1,197 | – |
8 | 5-0 | 1,168 | – | |
9 | Ole Miss | 6-0 | 1,075 | – |
10 | 5-0 | 992 | – | |
11 | 4-1 | 885 | +1 | |
12 | UCLA | 6-0 | 815 | +7 |
13 | NC State | 5-1 | 808 | +1 |
14 | Wake Forest | 5-1 | 776 | +1 |
15 | TCU | 5-0 | 765 | +3 |
16 | Kansas State | 5-1 | 539 | +4 |
17 | Mississippi State | 5-1 | 533 | +6 |
18 | Syracuse | 5-0 | 424 | +3 |
19 | Utah | 4-2 | 364 | -8 |
20 | Kansas | 5-1 | 290 | -3 |
21 | Cincinnati | 5-1 | 248 | +5 |
22 | Kentucky | 4-2 | 219 | -9 |
23 | Baylor | 3-2 | 210 | -1 |
24 | 4-2 | 155 | +10 | |
25 | 5-1 | 99 | +15 |
Schools dropped out:
No. 16 Brigham Young; No. 24 Washington; No. 25 Arkansas.
Others receiving votes:
Brigham Young 82; Illinois 77; James Madison 70; Coastal Carolina 55; Florida 52; Tulane 32; South Carolina 21; Minnesota 14; Notre Dame 13; Central Florida 10; Maryland 8; Washington State 7; Washington 7; Texas A&M 7; Purdue 7; Louisiana State 5; Liberty 5; Florida State 4; Pittsburgh 2; San Jose State 1.
