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USA Today
4 days ago
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- USA Today
Most favorable SEC football schedules for 2025 season
13 SEC teams will kick off their 2025 football seasons on Aug. 30 in Week 1. Missouri will open its campaign on Aug. 28 against Central Arkansas, while Auburn will travel to Baylor on Aug. 29 and South Carolina is slated to face Virginia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia on Aug. 31. Tennessee will also kick off its season in Atlanta. The Vols will face Syracuse in a neutral site matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Aug. 30. Kickoff is slated for noon EDT (ABC). Ahead of Week 1 contests, ESPN Football Power Index released strength of schedule rankings for all 16 SEC schools. ESPN FPI determines rankings based on rank among all FBS teams of remaining schedule strength from perspective of an average FBS team. Tennessee has the third most favorable football schedule among SEC teams in 2025 and No. 15 nationally. Ole Miss and Missouri are ranked behind the Vols. Florida, Vanderbilt and Oklahoma have top three least favorable schedules and are opponents for Tennessee during the upcoming campaign. More: 2025 Tennessee football returning starters preview Below are national strength of schedule rankings for SEC schools for the 2025 football season. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
11-07-2025
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- USA Today
Five opponents on Tennessee's 2025 football schedule not projected for bowl game
The 2025 college football season will unofficially kick off July 14-17 at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park and the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Fifth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel, along with student-athletes Arion Carter, Miles Kitselman and Bryson Eason, will represent the Vols at SEC media days. Tennessee will kick off its 2025 campaign with a nonconference matchup against Syracuse. The season opening contest is slated for Aug. 30 at noon EDT, and will be televised by ABC. Tennessee's other nonconference games in 2025 are against East Tennessee State, UAB and New Mexico State at Neyland Stadium. The Vols will also host Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt in 2025, while playing at Mississippi State, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida. Ahead of SEC media days and the upcoming season, ESPN Football Power Index released percentage chances for Tennessee's opponents to become bowl eligible in 2025. ESPN FPI determines a team's bowl eligibility chances by a percent of season simulations, in which a team won at least six games (typically bowl-eligible). Five teams on Tennessee's 2025 football schedule are not projected to play in a bowl game: Mississippi State, New Mexico State, UAB, Syracuse and Vanderbilt. More: 2025 win-loss record projections for all 16 SEC football teams Chances for Tennessee's 2025 football opponents to become bowl eligible *East Tennessee State competes in FCS and is not included Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
09-07-2025
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- USA Today
2025 win-loss record projections for all 16 SEC football teams
The unofficial kickoff to the 2025 college football season will take place July 14-17 with SEC media days. SEC media days will be held at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park and the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. 2025 will mark the fifth football season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. He has compiled a 37-15 (20-12 SEC) record with the Vols since 2021. The Vols will kick off their 2025 campaign Aug. 30 versus Syracuse at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee will host Georgia, UAB, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico State and Vanderbilt at Neyland Stadium in 2025. The Vols will travel to Mississippi State, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida for road contests. Ahead of the 2025 season, ESPN Football Power Index released win-loss record projections for SEC teams. ESPN FPI projects overall win-loss totals based on accounting for results to date and FPI-based projections for remaining scheduled games, and potential conference championship games. A team's projected win-loss record may not sum to a whole number due to a differing number of games played in each simulation. Below are preseason win-loss record projections for SEC teams. 2025 SEC football win-loss record projections More: 2025 SEC football media days student-athlete attendees Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
USA Today
17-06-2025
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- USA Today
Tennessee projected to make 12-team College Football Playoff field for 2025 season
Tennessee projected to make 12-team College Football Playoff field for 2025 season Tennessee's 2025 football season will kick off Aug. 30 against Syracuse. The season opener between the Vols and Orange is slated for noon EDT (ABC) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Tennessee enters the 2025 campaign with the tenth best odds to make the 12-team College Football Playoff, according to ESPN Football Power Index rankings. ESPN FPI gives the Vols a 38.5 percent chance in making the 12-team playoff field for the 2025 season. Texas has the best odds to make the College Football Playoff (83.9 percent), while Georgia (78.6), Ohio State (70.6), Alabama (66.2) and Penn State (63.8) are top five for percentage chances to play for a national championship. Oregon (57.5), Clemson (47.3), Miami (46.3), Notre Dame (45.6), Tennessee (38.5), Texas A&M (34.3) and Ole Miss (30.7) are teams ranked No. 6-12, respectively by ESPN FPI to make the 12-team College Football Playoff. Tennessee competed in its first College Football Playoff last season, losing at Ohio State in the first round. More: 2025 Tennessee football post-spring game-by-game predictions PHOTOS: Tennessee-Ohio State first-round College Football Playoff game Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Yahoo
07-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Rankings Georgia's opponents based on ESPN FPI
ESPN recently released their preseason Football Power Index (FPI) rankings. Georgia Bulldogs fans learned that the Dawgs are ranked No. 2 on FPI with a rating of 26.6. The Football Power Index is a predictive ranking system that quantifies team strength. It is used to predict games and season results in football. FPI is most useful in college football because team strength is tougher to gauge due to the high number of teams in Division I and the uneven strength of conferences. Advertisement FPI views the SEC as the strongest conference in football since the SEC has the top three teams and five of the top 10 teams in the FPI rankings. The Big Ten has three top 10 teams, the ACC has just one, and Notre Dame rounds out the list. ESPN's projections have Georgia making the College Football Playoff 78.9% of the time, which is the second most of any team outside of the Texas Longhorns. Georgia also has the second-highest odds to win the SEC and make the national championship. Even still, Georgia's projected record sits at 10.1-2.4, which ranks fourth behind Texas, Ohio State, and Penn State. They have a gauntlet of SEC opponents to face and a challenging 2025 schedule. Ranking each of the Georgia Bulldogs' 2025 opponents based on FPI Jan 1, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up before the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Advertisement Note: Austin Peay isn't ranked in FPI because they're a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team, and FPI only ranks the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams. This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Where Georgia's 2025 opponents rank based on ESPN Football Power Index
