Tennessee's Five Remaining Opponents Ranked by Difficulty

Tennessee football has five opponents left on its schedule, and a new Knoxville News Sentinel column from Adams sorts those remaining matchups in order, taking stock of the closing stretch that now lies ahead for the Volunteers.

The ranking is a way to weigh what is still to come rather than what Tennessee has already played. With five games still separating the Vols from the end of the schedule, the order Adams puts them in frames which of those opponents present the biggest tests and which look more manageable on the way to the finish.

For Tennessee, how that closing run unfolds will define the rest of its season, and the ranking gives fans a starting point for judging the road ahead before the Vols play those five opponents in turn.