The Volunteers received 50 first-place votes from the national media panel after improving to 10-0 for only the fifth time in school history. Auburn picked up nine first-place votes from last week and had 12 total.

Tennessee held onto the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 for the second consecutive week, though No. 2 Auburn closed the gap as the top five remained unchanged.

It seems as if the Auburn Tigers are going to have a difficult time improving to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll. Despite another undefeated week featuring a historically dominant victory over a Power 4 program,