Tennessee Volunteers Articles
The Tennessee Volunteers are slated to kick off the first of 15 spring practice sessions on Thursday, officially ushering in the Josh Heupel era in Knoxville. Heupel hopes to bring a renewed sense of optimism and energy to Rocky Top following a...
Rob McVey
2 weeks ago
An improbable run with wins over three other NCAA Tournament teams landed Oregon State in its first NCAA Tournament since 2016, and just its third since 1990.
Tennessee, meanwhile, returns after making the Sweet 16 in 2019 and coming an...
Kyle Kensing
3 weeks ago
The last few months have been tumultuous for the Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols limped home to a 3-7 record to conclude the 2020 season, followed by an internal investigation into NCAA recruiting violations and ultimately the firing of head coach...
Rob McVey
1 month ago
The 2020 SEC football season was anything but normal, forcing the conference to cancel all of its out-of-league games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the SEC opted to play an unconventional 10-game conference-only schedule. It was...
Rob McVey
1 month ago
Spring practice for the 2021 college football season is just around the corner for most teams and that includes the 14 programs in the SEC. Missouri and Florida already kicked off offseason workouts in February, but the rest of the league will...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college football’s 2020 season was unusual in many ways. Conferences starting play at different times, canceled games, bowl matchups shifted to different locations, and more uncertainty as to who on the roster...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The countdown to the 2021 college football season is already underway, as spring practices and position battles for spots on the depth chart for all 130 teams across the nation are already in progress in offseason workouts. As always, one of the...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
It’s never too early to think about next season, so with college football’s 2020 season complete after Alabama's win in the national championship, Athlon Sports is here with its way-too-early top 25 preseason rankings...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
The Tennessee Volunteers entered the 2020 college football season with high hopes, riding the momentum of a six-game winning streak. They proceeded to extend that streak to eight games following a 2-0 start. And then the bottom fell out, as the...
Rob McVey
1 month ago
College football’s 2020-21 coaching carousel featured 15 changes, including moves at Texas, Auburn, UCF, South Carolina and Illinois. With the carousel completed and all 15 jobs filled, it's time to rank and grade the new hires...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
College football’s 2021 season officially kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 28 with a handful of matchups in Week 0. The schedule for that opening weekend could be tweaked, but Hawaii at UCLA and Nebraska at Illinois are the early highlights...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Ranking the college football rosters for the 2021 season provides a unique window into the talent level for all teams and how that compares to win totals, conference championships, and success on a national level. Recruiting is the foundation for...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
Here's the University of Tennessee (UT) football schedule with a full list of the Volunteers' 2021 opponents, game locations, with game times, TV channels coming as they're announced. Updated results with final scores will be added...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
If there's one word that can be used to describe the college football quarterback landscape, it's something that coaches and fans alike don't want to see from their signal-caller — turnover. Yet for the fourth straight season,...
Mark Ross
1 month ago
New Tennessee coach Josh Heupel arrives on Rocky Top after a successful stint at UCF. However, the former Oklahoma quarterback is inheriting a lengthy list of personnel question marks to address this offseason. The Volunteers finished 3-7 last fall...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The southeastern United States is home to a huge share of the nation's most talented high school football players, so it's no surprise the SEC consistently posts many of the best recruiting classes in college football. While marching...
Nicholas Ian Allen
2 months ago
College football’s 2021 National Signing Day is officially in the books. Alabama signed the best class in modern recruiting history, with Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson, Oregon, LSU, USC and Texas A&M rounding out the next tier of top...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The 2020 college football season featured 24 new coaches at FBS programs, and with the year completed, it's time to grade and rank the hires. UTSA's Jeff Traylor, Rutgers' Greg Schiano, Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and Ole Miss'...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The SEC's 2021 college football schedule was released on Wednesday, and even though one season just finished, it’s never too early to take a look at next fall. The SEC used a 10-game slate to navigate COVID-19 in 2020, but the conference...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
Tennessee's coaching search to replace Jeremy Pruitt has ended with UCF's Josh Heupel taking over in Knoxville in 2021. Heupel marks the fifth coach on Rocky Top over the last 13 seasons. Athletic director Danny White hired Heupel at UCF,...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The start of college football's 2021 season is still months away, but it's never too early to flip the calendar to next fall and start thinking about the games on tap. Luckily for college football fans, the 2021 calendar is loaded with...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
Tennessee’s coaching search to replace Jeremy Pruitt has seen several names tossed around during the first week of the pursuit for the next program leader. New athletic director Danny White has a good track record of hiring coaches from...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The early-entry deadline for the 2021 NFL Draft officially passed on Monday, Jan. 18. Counting seniors who passed on an extra year of eligibility and underclassmen entering early, more than 400 players declared for the next level. Ohio State...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
Tennessee fired coach Jeremy Pruitt on Monday, becoming the fourth SEC job to open in the 2020 college football coaching carousel. Pruitt went 16-19 in his tenure and appeared to show progress after a 5-7 debut in 2018. The Volunteers finished 8-5...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
The early SEC football predictions for 2021 feature a similar balance of power atop both divisions. Alabama is the favorite in the West Division once again and is Athlon's very early pick as the No. 1 team in the nation next fall. Georgia takes...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
