USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll: Where Vols are ranked after 8-0 start

USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll: Where the Vols are ranked after 8-0 start

Tennessee (8-0, 4-0 SEC) defeated Kentucky (5-3, 2-3 SEC), 44-6, Saturday at Neyland Stadium in Week 9.

Tennessee’s 2022 regular-season schedule features 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.

The Vols’ 2022 schedule features road contests at Pittsburgh (W, 34-27 OT) in the second edition of the Johnny Majors ClassicLSU (W, 40-13), Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

2022 Tennessee’s football schedule: Vols Wire’s downloadable schedule wallpaper

Where Josh Heupel’s offense ranks nationally after Week 9

The latest USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll was released Sunday ahead of Week 10. Below is the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll top 25 following Week 9.