4. Tennessee Volunteers
Week 1 Ranking: 6
Week 1 Result: 45-26 win vs Syracuse
Everyone thought Tennessee wwas going to take a step back this season after Nico Iamaleava transferred to UCLA, but new quarterback Joey Aguilar might already be better than Iamaleava ever was. Augilar led the Vols to a dominant 45-26 win over Syracuse who won 10 games last season, so week one wins really don't get much better than that.
Tennessee did give up more points than they were probably hoping, but overall this was a huge win as they showed the rest of the conference they could compete with the top dogs in the SEC this season.
Tennessee has an easy home game up next before they host Georgia during week three. So the college football world will soon learn if this Tennessee team is for real or not.
Week 2 Opponent: East Tennessee State