It's safe to assume that Tennessee football isn't listening to the outside noise, especially with it officially being game week. Syracuse is the focus and Josh Heupel could care less about rankings for his team. However, it's still something the fanbase can talk about.
ESPN came out with its computer-generated FPI rankings on Sunday and in surprising fashion, the Vols cracked the Top 10. Not only that, but Tennessee finds itself No. 8 in the country. The Preseason AP Top 25 has the Vols ranked No. 24, so this was a pretty surprising landing spot for the SEC side:
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