It looks like Tennessee football is going to have an uphill climb to reach bowl eligibility this year with a new head coach and brand new systems. The Vols are only a favorite in five games this season so far according to the 2018 preseason ESPN FPI projections.
Should these projections come true, it would mean the sixth losing season of the decade for the Vols and the fifth time they miss a bowl game. So Jeremy Pruitt has got some work to do to avoid what has already been a historically bad decade.