Lou Holtz ranks Tennessee football in top 15 ahead of 2023 season

Lou Holtz ranks Tennessee football in top 15 ahead of the 2023 season.

The 2023 preseason FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll was released on Tuesday.

Vols Wire votes in the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll.

Tennessee is ranked No. 11 by the Football Writers Association of America and National Football Foundation ahead of the 2023 season.

College Football Hall of Fame head coach Lou Holtz also votes in the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll.

He served as head coach at William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame and South Carolina.

Holtz compiled a 249–132–7 career head coaching record and won the 1988 national championship with the Fighting Irish. He earned Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2000 at South Carolina.

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Below is Holtz’s preseason FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll ballot ahead of the 2023 season.