#15Tennessee Volunteers

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WEEK 6 · 2026

The Week 6 job

Tennessee has no named quarterback for its first SEC road trip

Heupel pulled Faizon Brandon for George MacIntyre in a 24-14 win over Auburn, and he still hasn't named a starter for Fayetteville, where the Vols haven't won since 2001.

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Tennessee Vols corner Jermod McCory speaks with the media
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Your game

Tennessee at Arkansas

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playoff chanceNow20%Win22%Loss10%

Tennessee

Tennessee 78%Arkansas 22%

Arkansas

Other impactful games

the highlighted team is the result Tennessee wants

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ESPN

Priority 1

Ole Miss

Root for

Vanderbilt

Root for Vanderbilt2.0-point playoff boost

Tennessee plays Vanderbilt in week 13, so a win would make a future opponent look stronger.

21% if Vanderbilt wins19% with the other result2-point differenceTennessee playoff chance

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Priority 2

Root for

South Carolina

Florida

Root for South Carolina1.9-point playoff boost

Tennessee plays South Carolina in week 8, so a win would make a future opponent look stronger.

21% if South Carolina wins19% with the other result1.9-point differenceTennessee playoff chance

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Priority 3

North Carolina

Root for

Pittsburgh

Root for Pittsburgh1.3-point playoff boost

Pittsburgh winning would remove some at-large competition for Tennessee.

20% if Pittsburgh wins19% with the other result1.3-point differenceTennessee playoff chance

54 more games that don't move your needle

Southern Miss at Troy · ESPN2

Texas A&M at Missouri · ABC

Texas at Oklahoma · ABC

Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State · CBSSN

New Mexico State at Florida International · ESPN2

Sam Houston at Liberty · ESPNU

Missouri State at Western Kentucky · CBSSN

South Florida at UTSA · ESPN

South Alabama at Arkansas State · ESPN2

Florida State at Louisville · ESPN

Iowa at Washington

Washington State at Utah State · The CW Network

Wyoming at San José State · CBSSN

Iowa State at BYU · ESPN

Arizona at West Virginia · truTV

UCF at Oklahoma State · ESPN2

Wake Forest at NC State · The CW Network

Indiana at Nebraska · FOX

Tulane at Army · CBSSN

Sacramento State at Bowling Green · ESPN+

Ball State at Northwestern · BTN

Old Dominion at App State · ESPN+

Miami (OH) at Massachusetts · ESPN+

Houston at Kansas State · FOX

Duke at Georgia Tech · ESPN2

Stanford at Notre Dame · NBC

Virginia Tech at California · ACC Network

Illinois at Michigan State · FS1

UCLA at Oregon · CBS

Charlotte at North Texas · ESPN+

Tulsa at Navy · CBSSN

Eastern Michigan at Akron · ESPN+

Buffalo at Toledo · ESPN+

Central Michigan at Ohio · ESPN+

Kent State at Western Michigan · ESPN+

UConn at Temple · ESPNU

Rice at East Carolina · ESPN+

Maryland at Ohio State · BTN

San Diego State at Oregon State · USA Network

LSU at Kentucky · ESPN

UAB at Memphis · ESPN2

Nevada at UTEP · FS1

North Dakota State at UNLV · The CW Network

Coastal Carolina at Marshall · ESPN+

Georgia at Alabama · ABC

Syracuse at Virginia · ACC Network

USC at Penn State · NBC

Air Force at Northern Illinois · CBSSN

James Madison at Georgia Southern · ESPNU

Louisiana at Louisiana Tech · ESPN+

Minnesota at Purdue · BTN

Hawai'i at Arizona State · FS1

Kansas at Utah · ESPN

Boise State at Fresno State · The CW Network

Your rooting list:Tennessee, then Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Pittsburgh.

Based on 50,000 season simulations entering week 6, anchored to the AP Top 25 (week 6). How the model works.