Dan Harralson, Vols WireSun, November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM UTC·4 min readThe 2025 college football season concluded after Week 14 games. Tennessee finished its regular season 8-4 (4-4 SEC).
Tennessee kicked off its 2025 campaign with a nonconference matchup against Syracuse (W, 45-26) in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee’s other nonconference games in 2025 were against East Tennessee State (W, 72-17), UAB (W, 56-24) and New Mexico State (W, 42-9) at Neyland Stadium.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Vols' SEC home schedule featured contests against Georgia (L, 44-41 OT), Arkansas (W, 34-31), Oklahoma (L, 33-27) and Vanderbilt (L, 45-24) in 2025, while playing at Mississippi State (W, 41-34 OT), Alabama (L, 37-20), Kentucky (W, 56-34) and Florida (W, 31-11).
More: 2025 SEC football power rankings after Week 14
The latest US LBM Coaches Poll was released Sunday. Tennessee is down six spots and are ranked No. 24.
US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 rankings after Week 14
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Ohio State
12-0
1575
63
1
-
1/2
2
Indiana
12-0
1510
0
2
-
2/21
3
Georgia
11-1
1438
0
4
+1
3/10
4
Oregon
11-1
1353
0
5
+1
2/9
5
Ole Miss
11-1
1306
0
6
+1
4/15
6
Texas Tech
11-1
1266
0
7
+1
6/24
7
Texas A&M
11-1
1178
0
3
-4
3/22
8
Oklahoma
10-2
1106
0
8
-
6/NR
9
Notre Dame
10-2
1061
0
9
-
5/21
10
Alabama
10-2
1019
0
10
-
4/20
11
BYU
11-1
942
0
11
-
8/NR
12
Vanderbilt
10-2
855
0
12
-
11/NR
13
Miami (FL)
10-2
844
0
13
-
2/18
14
Texas
9-3
753
0
16
+2
1/19
15
Utah
10-2
750
0
14
-1
14/NR
16
Virginia
10-2
613
0
17
+1
11/NR
17
USC
9-3
505
0
20
+3
16/NR
18
Michigan
9-3
427
0
15
-3
13/NR
19
James Madison
11-1
356
0
21
+2
19/NR
20
North Texas
11-1
345
0
22
+2
20/NR
21
Tulane
10-2
300
0
23
+2
21/NR
22
Arizona
9-3
223
0
NR
+9
22/NR
23
Georgia Tech
9-3
170
0
19
-4
7/NR
24
Tennessee
8-4
135
0
18
-6
11/24
25
Navy
9-2
107
0
NR
+2
23/NR
Schools dropped out
No. 24 Pittsburgh; No. 25 SMU
Others receiving votes
Iowa 85; Houston 73; Missouri 52; SMU 28; Washington 18; UNLV 17; Pittsburgh 15; South Florida 12; Illinois 9; Louisville 6; Connecticut 6; TCU 5; Penn State 5; Old Dominion 2; New Mexico 2; Arizona State 2; San Diego State 1
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The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.
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