Tennessee (11-2, 6-2 SEC) defeated Clemson (11-3, 8-0 ACC), 31-14, in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30.
The 2022 campaign is the Vols’ first 11-win season since 2001.
Tennessee’s 2022 regular-season schedule featured home games against Ball State (W, 59-10), Akron (W, 63-6), Florida (W, 38-33), Alabama (W, 52-49), UT Martin (W, 65-24), Kentucky (W, 44-6) and Missouri (W, 66-24).
The Vols’ 2022 schedule featured road contests at Pittsburgh (W, 34-27 OT) in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU (W, 40-13), Georgia (L, 27-13), South Carolina (L, 63-38) and Vanderbilt (W, 56-0).
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Following the conclusion of the 2022 campaign with Georgia defeating TCU, 65-7, in the College Football Playoff national championship game, Vols Wire looks at every Power Five team’s projected preseason win-loss records compared to each school’s actual record this season.
Preseason win-loss records are from ESPN’s Football Power Index in April.
Preseason win-loss record projections and actual records this season are listed below in order of most projected wins ahead of the 2022 campaign.