1: Tennessee’s standing in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2022 season.
2: Where the Volunteers would have finished in the Southeastern Conference race had there been no divisions, which are expected to go away when Oklahoma and Texas join the league. Tennessee finished 6-2 in league play along with Alabama and LSU but defeated both of those teams, so under the future format, the Vols would have played Georgia again on December’s first Saturday.
3: Wins by the Vols this year on CBS, their most in a single season since 2001. Tennessee entered this year having lost 11 consecutive CBS games.
5: Hendon Hooker’s jersey number and Hooker’s placement in the Heisman Trophy balloting, which was the highest finish by a Vol since Peyton Manning was runner-up in 1997.
10: Victories by the Vols heading into Friday night’s Orange Bowl, marking the program’s first 10-win regular season since 2003.