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at its 5-year level▼ Down 5 this season
Career77since 1936
Peak902022
Last 580seasons
#19 nationally · 5-1 (2-1 conf)
Résumé #20
Schedule so far #44
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Tennessee Volunteers
SEC · Knoxville, TN · Neyland Stadium · Head coach Josh Heupel
39-61-7 all time (107 meetings since 1903)
Alabama leads
Last: lost 37-20 (2025)
Wants it back
Blue BloodPlayoff ChampionNFL FactoryWinning TraditionAll-American Factory
2national titles
0Heisman
25AP top-10
36All-Americans
203NFL picks
67.6%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1902. Every season →
Chemistry
67
61Foundation
74Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +12Trending up
early · #21 of 138
HC year6
Ret. starters50%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 5-1 | SEC | #15 | #19 | 78 | Josh Heupel |
| 2025 | 8-5 | SEC | — | #23 | 77 | Josh Heupel |
| 2024 | 10-3 | SEC | #9 | #15 | 80 | Josh Heupel |
| 2023 | 9-4 | SEC | #17 | #23 | 76 | Josh Heupel |
| 2022 | 11-2 | SEC | #6 | #5 | 90 | Josh Heupel |
| 2021 | 7-6 | SEC | — | #32 | 75 | Josh Heupel |
| 2020 | 3-7 | SEC | — | #44 | 64 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2019 | 8-5 | SEC | — | #49 | 68 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2018 | 5-7 | SEC | — | #62 | 65 | Jeremy Pruitt |
| 2017 | 4-8 | SEC | — | #90 | 58 | Butch Jones; Brady Hoke |
| 2016 | 9-4 | SEC | #22 | #25 | 76 | Butch Jones |
| 2015 | 9-4 | SEC | #22 | #9 | 82 | Butch Jones |
| 2014 | 7-6 | SEC | — | #29 | 76 | Butch Jones |
| 2013 | 5-7 | SEC | — | #59 | 67 | Butch Jones |
| 2012 | 5-7 | SEC | — | #52 | 69 | Derek Dooley; Jim Chaney |
| 2011 | 5-7 | SEC | — | #51 | 67 | Derek Dooley |
| 2010 | 6-7 | SEC | — | #50 | 68 | Derek Dooley |
| 2009 | 7-6 | SEC | — | #21 | 77 | Lane Kiffin |
| 2008 | 5-7 | SEC | — | #50 | 68 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2007 | 10-4 | SEC | #12 | #22 | 77 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2006 | 9-4 | SEC | #25 | #11 | 81 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2005 | 5-6 | SEC | — | #44 | 69 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2004 | 10-3 | SEC | #13 | #27 | 75 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2003 | 10-3 | SEC | #15 | #19 | 78 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2002 | 8-5 | SEC | — | #34 | 73 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2001 | 11-2 | SEC | #8 | #4 | 88 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 2000 | 8-4 | SEC | — | #27 | 75 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1999 | 9-3 | SEC | #9 | #5 | 88 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1998 ★ | 13-0 | SEC | #1 | #4 | 88 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1997 | 11-2 | SEC | #7 | #5 | 88 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1996 | 10-2 | SEC | #9 | #11 | 82 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1995 | 11-1 | SEC | #3 | #6 | 86 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1994 | 8-4 | SEC | #22 | #14 | 78 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1993 | 9-2-1 | SEC | #12 | #3 | 89 | Phillip Fulmer |
| 1992 | 9-3 | SEC | #12 | #11 | 79 | Johnny Majors; Phillip Fulmer |
| 1991 | 9-3 | SEC | #14 | #15 | 78 | Johnny Majors |
| 1990 | 9-2-2 | SEC | #8 | #14 | 80 | Johnny Majors |
| 1989 | 11-1 | SEC | #5 | #15 | 80 | Johnny Majors |
| 1988 | 5-6 | SEC | — | #58 | 63 | Johnny Majors |
| 1987 | 10-2-1 | SEC | #14 | #16 | 78 | Johnny Majors |
| 1986 | 7-5 | SEC | — | #40 | 68 | Johnny Majors |
| 1985 | 9-1-2 | SEC | #4 | #3 | 89 | Johnny Majors |
| 1984 | 7-4-1 | SEC | — | #15 | 78 | Johnny Majors |
| 1983 | 9-3 | SEC | — | #21 | 77 | Johnny Majors |
| 1982 | 6-5-1 | SEC | — | #34 | 70 | Johnny Majors |
| 1981 | 8-4 | SEC | — | #61 | 65 | Johnny Majors |
| 1980 | 5-6 | SEC | — | #24 | 77 | Johnny Majors |
| 1979 | 7-5 | SEC | — | #28 | 75 | Johnny Majors |
| 1978 | 5-5-1 | SEC | — | #35 | 73 | Johnny Majors |
| 1977 | 4-7 | SEC | — | #38 | 71 | Johnny Majors |
| 1976 | 6-5 | SEC | — | #25 | 75 | Bill Battle |
| 1975 | 7-5 | SEC | — | #31 | 73 | Bill Battle |
| 1974 | 7-3-2 | SEC | #20 | #22 | 76 | Bill Battle |
| 1973 | 8-4 | SEC | #19 | #30 | 71 | Bill Battle |
| 1972 | 10-2 | SEC | #8 | #6 | 87 | Bill Battle |
| 1971 | 10-2 | SEC | #9 | #15 | 79 | Bill Battle |
| 1970 | 11-1 | SEC | #4 | #4 | 88 | Bill Battle |
| 1969 | 9-2 | SEC | #15 | #16 | 82 | Doug Dickey |
| 1968 | 8-2-1 | SEC | #13 | #14 | 80 | Doug Dickey |
| 1967 ★ | 9-2 | SEC | #2 | #4 | 85 | Doug Dickey |
| 1966 | 8-3 | SEC | — | #8 | 85 | Doug Dickey |
| 1965 | 8-1-2 | SEC | #7 | #7 | 86 | Doug Dickey |
| 1964 | 4-5-1 | SEC | — | #58 | 65 | Doug Dickey |
| 1963 | 5-5 | SEC | — | #37 | 72 | Jim McDonald |
| 1962 | 4-6 | SEC | — | #36 | 70 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1961 | 6-4 | SEC | — | #13 | 78 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1960 | 6-2-2 | SEC | — | #17 | 78 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1959 | 5-4-1 | SEC | — | #27 | 73 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1958 | 4-6 | SEC | — | #42 | 67 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1957 | 8-3 | SEC | #13 | #9 | 82 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1956 | 10-1 | SEC | #2 | #3 | 90 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1955 | 6-3-1 | SEC | — | #19 | 75 | Bowden Wyatt |
| 1954 | 4-6 | SEC | — | #60 | 60 | Harvey Robinson |
| 1953 | 6-4-1 | SEC | — | #30 | 72 | Harvey Robinson |
| 1952 | 8-2-1 | SEC | #8 | #6 | 84 | Bob Neyland |
| 1951 ★ | 10-1 | SEC | #1 | #1 | 90 | Bob Neyland |
| 1950 ★ | 11-1 | SEC | #4 | #2 | 86 | Bob Neyland |
| 1949 | 7-2-1 | SEC | #17 | #26 | 73 | Bob Neyland |
| 1948 | 4-4-2 | SEC | — | #19 | 76 | Bob Neyland |
| 1947 | 5-5 | SEC | — | #39 | 69 | Bob Neyland |
| 1946 | 9-2 | SEC | #7 | #13 | 78 | Bob Neyland |
| 1945 | 8-1 | SEC | #14 | #11 | 80 | John Barnhill |
| 1944 | 7-1-1 | SEC | #12 | #20 | 71 | John Barnhill |
| 1942 | 9-1-1 | SEC | #7 | #6 | 83 | John Barnhill |
| 1941 | 8-2 | SEC | #18 | #16 | 76 | John Barnhill |
| 1940 ★ | 10-1 | SEC | #4 | #4 | 88 | Bob Neyland |
| 1939 | 10-1 | SEC | #2 | #5 | 86 | Bob Neyland |
| 1938 ★ | 11-0 | SEC | #2 | #1 | 88 | Bob Neyland |
| 1937 | 6-3-1 | SEC | — | #12 | 79 | Bob Neyland |
| 1936 | 6-2-2 | SEC | #17 | #18 | 76 | Bob Neyland |
| 1935 | 4-5 | SEC | — | #64 | 59 early | W.H. Britton |
| 1934 | 8-2 | SEC | — | #7 | 85 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1933 | 7-3 | SEC | — | #16 | 77 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1932 | 9-0-1 | Southern | — | #11 | 79 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1931 | 9-0-1 | Southern | — | #7 | 83 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1930 | 9-1 | Southern | — | #9 | 80 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1929 | 9-0-1 | Southern | — | #14 | 76 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1928 | 9-0-1 | Southern | — | #17 | 74 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1927 | 8-0-1 | Southern | — | #10 | 79 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1926 | 8-1 | Southern | — | #21 | 74 early | Bob Neyland |
| 1925 | 5-2-1 | Southern | — | #54 | 57 early | Mark Banks |
| 1924 | 3-5 | Southern | — | #71 | 36 early | Mark Banks |
| 1923 | 5-4-1 | Southern | — | #70 | 51 early | Mark Banks |
| 1922 | 8-2 | Southern | — | #45 | 64 early | Mark Banks |
| 1921 | 6-2-1 | SIAA | — | #47 | 60 early | Mark Banks |
| 1920 | 7-2 | SIAA | — | #48 | 59 early | John Bender |
| 1919 | 3-3-3 | SIAA | — | #57 | 54 early | John Bender |
| 1916 | 8-0-1 | SIAA | — | #39 | 60 early | John Bender |
| 1915 | 4-4 | SIAA | — | #50 | 56 early | Zora Clevenger |
| 1914 | 9-0 | SIAA | — | #25 | 67 early | Zora Clevenger |
| 1913 | 6-3 | SIAA | — | #35 | 59 early | Zora Clevenger |
| 1912 | 4-4 | SIAA | — | #46 | 34 early | Zora Clevenger |
| 1911 | 3-4-2 | SIAA | — | #45 | 42 early | Zora Clevenger |
| 1910 | 3-5-1 | SIAA | — | #41 | 53 early | Alex Stone |
| 1909 | 1-6-2 | SIAA | — | #45 | 44 early | George Levene |
| 1908 | 7-2 | SIAA | — | #34 | 58 early | George Levene |
| 1907 | 7-2-1 | SIAA | — | #24 | 61 early | George Levene |
| 1906 | 1-6-2 | SIAA | — | #38 | 45 early | J.D. DePree |
| 1905 | 3-5-1 | SIAA | — | #38 | 53 early | J.D. DePree |
| 1904 | 3-5-1 | SIAA | — | #30 | 56 early | S.D. Crawford |
| 1903 | 4-5 | SIAA | — | #37 | 22 early | H.E. Fisher |
| 1902 | 6-2 | SIAA | — | #25 | 58 early | H.E. Fisher |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.