Tennessee football earned a tie for its biggest win ever in Gainesville last Saturday, defeating Florida 31-11. If you watched the game, you know how much more dominant it was than the final score indicated, though.
The Vols jumped out to a 31-0 lead into the half, and sat on the ball in the second stanza to get to the finish line healthy and without revealing more than necessary with Vanderbilt on the horizon.
Proving how lopsided the game actually was, Parker Fleming released his weekly graph of ‘net success rates.’ More simply put, it aims to see how badly a team was actually beaten, or if they truly beat themselves and outplayed their opponent in a loss.
The result of Tennessee’s win was the fifth-biggest margin in FBS football and the second-best among Power Four teams. The only Power Four result that out-weighted the Vols’ was Notre Dame’s 70-7 drubbing of Syracuse.
📊🏈DID WE REALLY GET BEAT THAT BAD?
NET SUCCESS RATES IN WEEK 13 pic.twitter.com/MjbXYSm8Yd— parker fleming (@statsowar) November 24, 2025
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Tennessee wasted no time jumping on Florida this year. The Vols conducted a beautiful opening drive after receiving the kickoff, capped off by an Ethan Davis touchdown on an Aguilar throw to the flat.
The following drive, Bishop went over the top from one yard out. He would do the same on the following possession, as well, marking his second score of the game and putting Tennessee up 21-0 early.
Despite staring down a third-and-long, Thomas bounced a run for 52 yards to get down to the one-yard line on the fourth drive. He punched it in himself on the next play to stun Florida with a 28-0 lead just minutes into the second quarter.
Florida had a chance to score afterward, but missed a kick to give Tennessee the ball back. With moments left in the first half, Josh Heupel opted to run the ball twice and kick a field goal from inside the red zone heading into the break. Max Gilbert hit the kick to give the Vols a 31-0 edge at the end of the half.
The Gators ended up scoring thanks to a field goal in the third quarter to extend their streak of not being shut out to 472 games. That is an NCAA record.
Florida would score a fourth-quarter touchdown, as well, on a strike from DJ Lagway to Jadan Baugh. Tennessee would drive deep into Gators territory on the ensuing drive before letting time expire.
