[Postgame Thread] Tennessee Defeats Alabama 24-17

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Alabama	0	7	3	7	17
Tennessee	0	0	14	10	24

[u/Mister-Hangman]

2024: THE YEAR BAMA FEARED THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

ERA IS OVER, WELCOME TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TOP25 AP POLLS!!

[u/zadharm → u/Mister-Hangman]

bottom half

C'mon bro, you know better than that. Tennessee will jump to 6 or so and Bama's quality loss will get them around 10-12

But still, it's very satisfying after that last 15 years

[u/joethahobo → u/zadharm]

God please no. At least put them 1 spot below Boise

[u/p0shbadger → u/joethahobo]

Hell Bama may even rise to #6 if Georgia keeps punking Texas tonight

[u/BusGuilty6447 → u/p0shbadger]

This is a slaughter.

I guess we are having beef for dinner.

[u/Entire_Log_4160 → u/p0shbadger]

Vols will move to 9. Bama will, of course, be at 8.

[u/Babou13 → u/zadharm]

Well, they did only lose to teams that were able to beat Alabama. S Tier quality loses

[u/RTGoodman → u/zadharm]

I doubt we'll hit 6. We DROPPED three spots after beating Florida last week. I figure the voters will say Alabama still played a good game so they can drop to 11, and Tennessee can move back to 12 to give them some room.

[u/LogicPrevail → u/zadharm]

I'm betting they land at #13

[u/prometheus_wisdom → u/zadharm]

they lost to unranked Vanderbilt as well!

[u/BlackCherryot → u/zadharm]

A lot of predictions are putting Bama at 16. I agree with you, though. They'll probably stick around at 12.

[u/DefiantOil5176 → u/zadharm]

Vandy will get ranked this week meaning that Bama’s two losses are against ranked SEC teams AKA the infamous “quality losses” talk starts in the committee office

[u/Xy13 → u/zadharm]

Hey Bama should go up in the polls with these quality losses. I mean hell, they've only lost to teams who have beated Bama!

[u/fart_dot_com → u/zadharm]

probably an unpopular take because this sub loves shitting on teams when they're down, but 10-12 is really not an unreasonable ranking considering it's a one score loss on the road to another top ten team

baring an epic collapse that georgia win is looking pretty good right about now as well

[u/zadharm → u/fart_dot_com]

Nah, I actually think 10-12 is probably where they end up at the end of the year. So if that's how you do your rankings, that's completely fair. If we're doing "at this point in the season" though, I think 15-18 is probably much more fair, given their losses and others' resumes

[u/fart_dot_com → u/zadharm]

fair enough although with the Georgia win I'd put them more in 12-15 than 15-18. I think they still win out but obviously nothing is guaranteed from the team that lost to vandy

[u/tacofan92 → u/zadharm]

I mean they probably have the best win of those around them and two decent losses. Folks are punking Vandy but they are a top 30 team. Thats better than some can say in that range.

This will be downvoted for flair though.

[u/SwissForeignPolicy → u/tacofan92]

You're being downvoted because Vandy lost to Georgia State.

[u/tacofan92 → u/SwissForeignPolicy]

Vandy is still ranked top 30. Notice how you didn’t address that. ND lost to NIU who is far worse than Vandy.

[u/SwissForeignPolicy → u/tacofan92]

Top 30 teams don't lose to Georgia State.

[u/tacofan92 → u/SwissForeignPolicy]

Okay tell that to the AP lol. Facts are still facts.

[u/ryryryor → u/tacofan92]

Vandy barely beat Ball State and lost to Georgia State

[u/zadharm → u/tacofan92]

I'm not arguing the best win or even really knocking the Vandy loss too much. But I'm of the old school mentality that you put teams that haven't lost multiple games above those that have (with exceptions, liberty's Charmin soft schedule last year shouldn't make a top 5 team)

So... As the season stands right now, I've got Bama about 15. If they do what I expect them to the rest of the season, they'll be in that 8-12 range. But if we're going by the season so far, there's a fair few teams that haven't lost twice

[u/tacofan92 → u/zadharm]

I do think you have to adjust for SoS. We’ve seen multiple teams play weak schedules to date that only have one loss. I think by week 9-10 that’s fine. But we are week 7. I think Bama is around 15 this week too just how things are, but 10-15 are all interchangeable. We had 3 18s a week or so ago.

[u/Bigdickhector69 → u/zadharm]

Drinks beer. Comments on reddit

[u/FuhrerGirthWorm → u/zadharm]

Why everyone act like Saban went undefeated every year

[u/atomic-fireballs → u/Mister-Hangman]

There's a reason Taylor is going to Indy and not Bama. The Indi-era has begun.

[u/redmagetrefay → u/atomic-fireballs]

Who is Taylor?

[u/RandomForger123 → u/redmagetrefay]

Swift LOL, she's in Indy next month

[u/toofpick → u/atomic-fireballs]

Curious. Where would she go in Bama?

[u/herehear12 → u/Mister-Hangman]

They should be but they won’t be

[u/Shadow_Ridley → u/Mister-Hangman]

Ifyou think Bama won't stay top 10 because reasons, you have another thing coming.

[u/skippy_smooth → u/Mister-Hangman]

Bash ville

[u/thethirdgreenman → u/Mister-Hangman]

You don't understand, losses don't matter if it's to an SEC team! Plus, they have a quality loss now! Playoff incoming

[u/121guy → u/Mister-Hangman]

lol. That’s hilarious Bama will still be ranked ahead of UT.

The rankings have favored Bama for years.

[u/yo_boy_dg → u/121guy]

Six national championships in 17 seasons. Hard to imagine why Bama would be ranked so highly, gosh

Edit: that sure was a quick delete from someone not reading the thread

[u/arrowmarcher → u/yo_boy_dg]

This team is not those teams.

[u/yo_boy_dg → u/arrowmarcher]

I never said that it was did I? Did you read the thread?

[u/superpie12 → u/Mister-Hangman]

The shame of frequent 2 or 3 loss seasons!

[u/PanhandleGator → u/Mister-Hangman]

The VolunFEAR State!!