The final AP and Coaches Poll have both released for the 2025 college football season following the crowning of Indiana as national champions. With the conclusion of the season, it also gave us a look at who the coaches who take part in the Coaches Poll voted for.
In total, there are 62 coaches across the country who vote in the poll. If you’re curious, no, Vols head coach Josh Heupel does not hold a ballot.
Though the Coaches Poll left Tennessee out following an 8-5 (4-4 SEC) season, there were still a handful of coaches who gave the Vols votes. In total, UT finished with 22 points, which finished 32nd in the country.
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Here’s a look at which coaches did and didn’t rank Tennessee in their year-end poll.
The school of each coach indicates where they coached in 2025, not the upcoming 2026 season
Coaches Who Ranked Tennessee
- Luke Fickell (Wisconsin) – No. 20
- Jim Mora (UConn) – No. 20
- GJ Kinne (Texas State) – No. 20
- Kirby Smart (Georgia) – No. 24
- Sean Lewis (San Diego State) – No. 24
Coaches Who Did Not Rank Tennessee
- 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 (NC State)
- Eliah Drinkwitz (Missouri)
- Sonny Dykes (TCU)
- Jason Eck (New Mexico)
- Mike Elko (Texas A&M)
- 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 Miss)
- Brent Key (Georgia Tech)
- Zach Kittley (Florida Atlantic)
- Tre Lamb (Tulsa)
- Dan Lanning (Oregon)
- Rhett Lashlee (SMU)
- Clark Lea (Vanderbilt)
- Lance Leipold (Kansas)
- Pete Lembo (Buffalo)
- Mike Locksley (Maryland)
- Chuck Martin (Miami (OH))
- Joey McGuire (Texas Tech)
- Bronco Mendenhall (Utah State)
- Jeff Monken (Army)
- 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 (FIU)
- Mark Stoops (Kentucky)
- Jon Sumrall (Tulane)
- Lance Taylor (Western Michigan)
- Jeff Traylor (UTSA)
- Scotty Walden (UTEP)
