Where Tennessee's remaining opponents are ranked in ESPN's Football Power Index

The Associated Press Top 25 and ESPN’s College Football Power Index are in agreement. Both have Tennessee Football ranked No. 5 through the first four games of the season. 

The Vols, according to the FPI, have a projected win-loss record of 10.5-1.8 and a 79.9% chance to make the new 12-team College Football Playoff. There’s 13.7% chance to win the SEC, a 6.9% chance to win out, an 18.0% chance to make to to the national championship game and a 9.1% chance to win the national title. 

Tennessee is off to a 4-0 start after wins over Chattanooga (69-3), NC State (51-10), Kent State (71-0) and Oklahoma (25-15). Oklahoma is ranked No. 18 in the FPI, ahead of No. 80 NC State. Kent State is ranked dead last at No. 134.

The Vols have games remaining against two of the top-four teams in the FPI, hosting Alabama (No. 2) on October 19 and going to Georgia (No. 4) on November 16.

Alabama has an 83.5% chance to make the playoff and a 20.6% chance to win the SEC, while Georgia has a 70.6% chance to make the playoff and a 7.2% chance to win the league. Texas is ranked No. 1 with a 38.8% chance to win the SEC, a 92.9% chance to make the playoff and a 23.3% chance to win the national championship.

Here’s where Tennessee remaining opponents — the Vols are off this week before the schedule picks back up at Arkansas next Saturday — are ranked in the Football Power Index:

No. 2 Alabama (October 19): Alabama was off last week, setting up for Saturday night’s showdown against Georgia at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide beat Western Kentucky 63-0 to open the season, beat South Florida 34-16 in Week 2 then went to Wisconsin for a 42-10.

No. 4 Georgia (November 16): Georgia was off last week before going to Alabama Saturday night. The Bulldogs beat Clemson 34-3 to open the season and beat Tennessee Tech 48-3 in its home opener. Georgia had to escape Kentucky with a 13-12 win on September 14.

No. 23 Arkansas (October 5): Arkansas won 24-14 at Auburn on Saturday. The Razorbacks had to rally from down 17-3 against UAB in the first half at home two weeks ago, ultimately winning 37-27. The Razorbacks lost 39-31 in overtime at Oklahoma State on September 7 and beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 70-0 to start the season on August 29.

No. 38 Kentucky (November 2): Kentucky beat Southern Miss 31-0 at home to open the season, got throttled by South Carolina 31-7 in Lexington, then nearly upset No. 1 Georgia in a 13-12 loss. UK beat Ohio 41-6 on Saturday.

No. 39 Florida (October 12): Florida improved to 2-2 with a win at Mississippi State on Saturday. The Gators opened with ugly home losses to Miami (41-7) and Texas A&M (33-20) sandwiched around a 45-7 win over Samford.

No. 54 Vanderbilt (November 30): Vanderbilt started 2-0 win wins over Virginia Tech and Alcorn State 55-0, but the Commodores lost 36-32 at Georgia State on September 14 and 30-27 at Missouri in overtime on Saturday.

No. 73 Mississippi State (November 9): Mississippi State started the Jeff Lebby era with a 56-7 win over Eastern Kentucky, but has since lost three straight games. It started with a 30-23 road loss at Arizona State before back-to-back home losses, 41-17 to Toledo and 45-28 to Florida.

No. 128 UTEP: UTEP is 0-4 with losses at Nebraska (40-7), at home to FCS Southern Utah (27-24), at Liberty (28-10) and at Colorado State (27-17).