KNOXVILLE — The Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports has been released following the second week of the 2020 college football season.
The Vols are ranked No. 21 in the Week 2 Amway Coaches Poll.
Tennessee (0-0) will kick off its 2020 season on Sept. 26 at South Carolina. The Tennessee-South Carolina contest will kick off at 7:30 p.m. EST and is set to be televised by SEC Network.
2020 Week 2 Amway Coaches Poll
| 1 | Clemson | 2-0 | 1196 | 44 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Alabama | 0-0 | 1119 | 1 | 2 | — | 2/3 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 1019 | 0 | 3 | — | 3/6 |
| 3 | Georgia | 0-0 | 1019 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3/4 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 0-0 | 962 | 1 | 5 | — | 5/5 |
| 6 | Florida | 0-0 | 899 | 0 | 6 | — | 6/8 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 2-0 | 896 | 0 | 7 | — | 7/10 |
| 8 | Auburn | 0-0 | 766 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8/11 |
| 9 | Texas | 1-0 | 764 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 8/14 |
| 10 | Ohio State | 0-0 | 741 | 2 | NR | — | 2/NR |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 0-0 | 651 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 10/13 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 563 | 0 | 11 | -1 | 11/19 |
| 13 | Penn State | 0-0 | 536 | 0 | NR | — | 7/NR |
| 14 | Miami | 2-0 | 500 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 14/NR |
| 15 | Central Florida | 1-0 | 497 | 0 | 13 | -2 | 13/21 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 1-0 | 416 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 14/22 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0-0 | 411 | 0 | NR | — | 12/NR |
| 18 | Oklahoma State | 1-0 | 315 | 0 | 12 | -6 | 12/18 |
| 19 | Michigan | 0-0 | 287 | 0 | NR | — | 15/NR |
| 20 | Memphis | 1-0 | 269 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 15/NR |
| 21 | Tennessee | 0-0 | 266 | 0 | 17 | -4 | 17/NR |
| 22 | Minnesota | 0-0 | 178 | 0 | NR | — | 18/NR |
| 23 | Brigham Young | 1-0 | 177 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 22/23 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 0-0 | 167 | 0 | 19 | -5 | 19/24 |
| 25 | UL Lafayette | 2-0 | 158 | 0 | 21 | -4 | 21/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 16 Louisville; No. 20 Kentucky; No. 23 Appalachian State; No. 24 Baylor; No. 25 Army.
Others receiving votes
Kentucky 146; Pittsburgh 140; Army 121; Baylor 57; Louisville 53; Southern Methodist 42; West Virginia 41; Marshall 40; Iowa 39; Texas Christian 26; Virginia 24; South Carolina 22; Boston College 20; Appalachian State 12; Mississippi 10; Mississippi State 7; Arkansas St. 6; NC State 5; Nebraska 4; Georgia Tech 4; Coastal Carolina 4; Air Force 3; Louisiana Tech 2.
List of voters
The Amway Board of Coaches is 48 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All coaaches are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2020 season: Dino Babers, Syracuse; Neal Brown, West Virginia; Matt Campbell, Iowa State; Steve Campbell, South Alabama; Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina; Paul Chryst, Wisconsin; Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech; David Cutcliffe, Duke; Butch Davis, Florida International; Manny Diaz, Miami (Fla.); Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso; Sonny Dykes, Southern Methodist; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; James Franklin, Penn State; Hugh Freeze, Liberty; Scott Frost, Nebraska; Willie Fritz, Tulane; Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech; Jeff Hafley, Boston College; Will Healy, Charlotte; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Tom Herman, Texas; Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech; Mike Houston, East Carolina; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Chris Klieman, Kansas State; Seth Littrell, North Texas; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern; Gus Malzahn, Auburn; Jeff Monken, Army; Dan Mullen, Florida; Billy Napier, Louisiana-Lafayette; Ken Niumatalolo, Navy; Ed Orgeron, LSU; Gary Patterson, TCU; Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee; Nick Saban, Alabama; Scott Satterfield, Louisville; Jeff Scott, South Florida; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Jake Spavital, Texas State; Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; Mel Tucker, Michigan State; Matt Wells, Texas Tech.