2025 SEC football power rankings at media days
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel represented the Vols on Tuesday at media days. He previewed Tennessee entering its upcoming campaign after a 10-3 (6-2 SEC) season and a College Football Playoff berth in 2024.
'As we move forward here into the '25 season, I'm going to rewind to last December,' Heupel said. 'Everybody inside of our program didn't like the taste in their mouth as the season finished up in late December. That's been a part of spurring us on throughout each quarter of our offseason. It's been a part of how intentional and how focused that we've been throughout the course of the summer, and I'm excited to go compete with these guys when we get here to training camp.
'For us to take another step and to continue to grow as a program, it has come down, and this is something that we've been very diligent in inside of our program this offseason, the accountability to yourself and to your teammates every single day. Guys doing their job at an elite level, building the leadership that you need to have to control and command your unit and your position group, and ultimately the way that we're going to compete every single day together.'
More: 2025 win-loss record projections for all 16 SEC football teams
Following the start of media days, Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY released SEC football power rankings for the 2025 season. Tennessee is ranked No. 7. Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma are opponents for the Vols in 2025 and are ranked higher in SEC power rankings.
2025 SEC football power rankings at media days
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