Every week, I’m firing up the College Football 26 video game to simulate Tennessee football’s real-life matchup. However, with the Vols having an open date this Saturday, I opted to simulate the remainder of the season, instead.

Since there is no ‘jump in’ option that lets you pick up where the real-life team left off, I had to start a few different dynasties until the simulation matched the Vols’ actual start to the year. Once I got the only loss through five games to be at home to Georgia, I simulated the rest of the way.

Here are the game-by-game results and stats along the way. It’s worth noting that the end-of-season stats don’t reflect any real-life marks through the first five games, and instead uses what the simulation had to start.

Also, Star Thomas went down with a season-ending injury, and Miles Kitselman also missed some time in the simulation.

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Here are the results:

Game Results:

• Real Life
  • vs. Syracuse (Atlanta), 45-26 W
  • vs. ETSU, 72-17 W
  • vs. Georgia, 44-41, L (OT)
  • vs. UAB, 56-24 W
  • at Mississippi State, 41-34 W (OT)
• Simulation
  • vs. Arkansas, 34-31 W
    • J. Aguilar – 399 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT
    • S. Thomas – 17 carries, 106 yards, 1 TD
    • B. Staley – 9 receptions, 155 yards, 3 TD
  • at Alabama, 44-34 W
    • J. Aguilar – 261 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT / 13 carries, 99 yards, 1 TD
    • D. Bishop – 11 carries, 61 yards, 2 TD
    • B. Staley – 7 receptions, 103 yards, 1 TD
  • at Kentucky, 24-17 L
    • J. Aguilar – 223 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
    • D. Bishop – 15 carries, 86 yards
    • C. Brazzell – 6 receptions, 62 yards, 1 TD
  • vs. Oklahoma, 35-17 L
    • J. Aguilar – 257 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
    • D. Bishop – 12 carries, 75 yards, 1 TD
    • B. Staley – 7 receptions, 133 yards, 1 TD
  • vs. New Mexico State, 40-0 W
    • J. Aguilar – 269 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT
    • D. Bishop – 21 carries, 133 yards
    • M. Matthews, 5 receptions, 77 yards
  • at Florida, 35-7 L
    • J. Aguilar – 119 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
    • D. Bishop – 16 carries, 22 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble
    • C. Brazzell – 4 receptions, 36 yards
  • vs. Vanderbilt, 42-38 W
    • J. Aguilar – 317 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
    • D. Bishop – 17 carries, 99 yards, 4 TD
    • M. Matthews – 6 receptions, 89 yards, 1 TD
  • vs. Houston (Las Vegas Bowl), 34-17 W
    • J. Aguilar – 317 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
    • D. Bishop – 25 carries, 74 yards, 1 TD
    • C. Brazzell – 5 receptions, 130 yards, 1 TD
• Final record: 9-4 (4-4 SEC)

Stats:

• Passing
  • J. Aguilar
    • 60% completion
    • 3,518 yards
    • 34 TD
    • 7 INT
• Rushing
  • S. Thomas (seven games)
    • 129 carries
    • 785 yards
    • 9 TD
  • D. Bishop
    • 155 carries
    • 743 yards
    • 12 TD
  • J. Aguilar
    • 139 carries
    • 367 yards
    • 4 TD
  • P. Lewis
    • 55 carries
    • 264 yards
    • 1 TD
• Receiving
  • B. Staley
    • 78 receptions
    • 1,050 yards
    • 16 TD
  • C. Brazzell
    • 77 receptions
    • 814 yards
    • 7 TD
  • M. Matthews
    • 48 receptions
    • 623 yards
    • 4 TD
  • M. Kitselman (10 games)
    • 25 receptions
    • 221 yards
    • 3 TD
• Defense
  • A. Turrentine
    • 75 tackles
    • 3 TFL
  • J. Josephs
    • 48 tackles
    • 17 TFL
    • 5.5 sacks
  • B. Eason
    • 53 tackles
    • 16 TFL
    • 9 sacks
  • B. Carter
    • 71 tackles
    • 4 INT
  • C. Hood
    • 52 tackles
    • 1 TFL
    • 3 INT