Tennessee football unranked in final US LBM Coaches Poll
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The 2025 college football season concluded on Monday.
Indiana (16-0) defeated Miami (13-3), 27-21, in the 12-team College Football Playoff national championship game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Tennessee’s (8-5, 4-4 SEC) season ended with a, 30-28, loss to Illinois in the Music City Bowl.
The Vols kicked off their 2025 campaign with a nonconference matchup against Syracuse (W, 45-26) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tennessee’s other nonconference games in 2025 were against East Tennessee State (W, 72-17), UAB (W, 56-24) and New Mexico State (W, 42-9) at Neyland Stadium.
The Vols’ SEC home schedule featured contests against Georgia (L, 44-41 OT), Arkansas (W, 34-31), Oklahoma (L, 33-27) and Vanderbilt (L, 45-24) in 2025, while playing at Mississippi State (W, 41-34 OT), Alabama (L, 37-20), Kentucky(W, 56-34) and Florida (W, 31-11).
On Tuesday following the national championship game, the final US LBM Coaches Poll was released. Tennessee is not ranked and received 22 votes.
Final 2025 US LBM Coaches Poll top 25 rankings
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | 16-0 | 1550 | 62 | 1 | – | 1/21 |
| 2 | Miami (FL) | 13-3 | 1485 | 0 | 10 | +8 | 2/18 |
| 3 | Ole Miss | 13-2 | 1400 | 0 | 6 | +3 | 3/15 |
| 4 | Oregon | 13-2 | 1349 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 2/9 |
| 5 | Georgia | 12-2 | 1269 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2/10 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 12-2 | 1265 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1/6 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 12-2 | 1142 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4/24 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 11-2 | 1091 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 3/22 |
| 9 | Alabama | 11-4 | 1050 | 0 | 11 | +2 | 4/20 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 10-3 | 946 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 6/NR |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 901 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 5/21 |
| 12 | BYU | 12-2 | 868 | 0 | 13 | +1 | 8/NR |
| 13 | Texas | 10-3 | 840 | 0 | 14 | +1 | 1/19 |
| 14 | Utah | 11-2 | 772 | 0 | 15 | +1 | 14/NR |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 10-3 | 602 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 11/NR |
| 16 | Virginia | 11-3 | 567 | 0 | 21 | +5 | 11/NR |
| 17 | Iowa | 9-4 | 410 | 0 | NR | +9 | 17/NR |
| 18 | Tulane | 11-3 | 369 | 0 | 18 | – | 18/NR |
| 19 | Houston | 10-3 | 349 | 0 | 24 | +5 | 19/NR |
| 20 | James Madison | 12-2 | 342 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 19/NR |
| 21 | USC | 9-4 | 309 | 0 | 16 | -5 | 16/NR |
| 22 | Michigan | 9-4 | 276 | 0 | 17 | -5 | 13/NR |
| 23 | Navy | 11-2 | 164 | 0 | 25 | +2 | 23/NR |
| 24 | Georgia Tech | 9-4 | 126 | 0 | 22 | -2 | 7/NR |
| 25 | Illinois | 9-4 | 123 | 0 | NR | +7 | 8/NR |
Schools dropped out
No. 20 Arizona; No. 23 Tennessee
Others receiving votes
North Texas 107; Washington 92; SMU 89; Duke 82; Arizona 79; TCU 72; Tennessee 22; Louisville 13; Wake Forest 6; Old Dominion 6; Western Michigan 5; Connecticut 4; Missouri 3; Boise State 2; Pittsburgh 1; East Carolina 1; Army West Point 1
List of voters
The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.
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