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Tennessee

University of Tennessee · 2026 · SEC

Efficiency
+17.4
14th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
6th
proj. of 16
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Tennessee is 2-0 and ranked 14th in overall efficiency. Their 6th-ranked offense is the engine, backed by a 40th-ranked defense. They run the ball on 67% of offensive plays with a 15th-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 33% of plays with a 40th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-0
+4 left
Q2
0-0
+3 left
Q3
0-0
+1 left
Q4
2-0
+2 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.4 wins
Strength of Record
32nd
+0.2 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
110th
full season
19th
AP poll
#15
FanBoardHQ has them 1 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
15th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~4.4 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs FurmanSouthernW 569+43.5100%16.1Q4
2@ Georgia TechACC#93W 4524+20.8100%26.3Q4
3vs Kennesaw StateConference USA#125Preview+35.798%Q4
4vs TexasSEC#3Preview-4.041%Q1
5vs AuburnSEC#23Preview+7.166%Q2
6@ ArkansasSEC#94Preview+20.889%Q4
7vs AlabamaSEC#6Preview-2.444%Q1
8@ South CarolinaSEC#39Preview+7.667%Q2
10vs KentuckySEC#55Preview+15.482%Q3
11@ Texas A&MSEC#4Preview-8.431%Q1
12vs LSUSEC#13Preview+2.456%Q1
13@ VanderbiltSEC#34Preview+6.164%Q2

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Tennessee, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

+2.1+13.2+24.21626Week 0Week 2
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 40th
SR 54thYPP 41stEPA 44th
RushingEff 15th
SR 34thYPP 21stEPA 13th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 5th
SR 19thYPP 3rdEPA 3rd
Rush defenseEff 107th
SR 84thYPP 122ndEPA 102nd
Dropback rate 33%Tempo -0.6 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 27th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 52%1st · Defense allowed: 44%1st2nd · Offense: 49%2nd · Defense allowed: 38%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 57%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 35%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 14.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 31.0Q2 · Allowed: 0.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 28.0Q3 · Allowed: 10.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 21.0Q4 · Allowed: 14.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Tennessee Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 6th
+13.6
Field position: +1.7Finishing drives: +11.9
Field position +1.7Finishing drives +11.9= +13.6
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 20th · Finishing 8th

Defensive EffRanked 40th
+3.9
Field position: +1.7Finishing drives: +2.2
Field position +1.7Finishing drives +2.2= +3.9
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 14th · Finishing 49th

3.17 points per drive on offense, 1.04 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(35)46% / 54%37%6.3
Q2(44)34% / 66%52%6.0
Q3(32)41% / 59%69%10.3
Q4(27)22% / 78%52%10.0
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(22)10.345%8.3
2nd(20)8.160%10.4
3rd(7)8.343%8.0
4th(1)3.00%0.0
All (50)50%9.0
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(43)10.356%8.3
2nd(25)7.640%6.5
3rd(17)6.159%6.3
4th(3)1.3100%2.3
All (88)53%7.2

Tennessee, all games.