Tennessee

SEC · 1972 Season · Final

Season

Developing ＋

Record

10–2

0.833 Win %

Conference

3rd

5–2 in SEC

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

122

1902–2026

All-Time Record

872–404–51

0.676 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1938, 1950, 1998

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 17 · Top 10: 34 · Top 25: 62

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10 · 1× #1
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 7 Top 10
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 19 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10
Pioneer Era · 4 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Tennessee head-to-head · History & Eras

1972 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
3	Week 3 · Sep 12	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)H2H	IND FBSI	7–4–1	W 34–3
4	Week 4 · Sep 19	Penn State (PENN STATE)H2H	IND FBSI	10–2	W 28–21
5	Week 5 · Sep 26	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)H2H	ACC	2–9	W 45–6
6	Week 6 · Oct 3	Auburn (AUBURN)H2H	SEC	10–1	L 6–10
7	Week 7 · Oct 10	Memphis (MEMPHIS)H2H	IND MVC	5–5–1	W 38–7
9	Week 9 · Oct 24	Alabama (ALABAMA)H2H	SEC	10–2	L 10–17
10	Week 10 · Oct 31	HAWAII	Unranked	—	W 34–2
11	Week 11 · Nov 7	Georgia (GEORGIA)H2H	SEC	7–4	W 14–0
13	Week 13 · Nov 21	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)H2H	SEC	5–5	W 17–0
14	Week 14 · Nov 28	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)H2H	SEC	3–8	W 17–7
13	Regular Season Final · Dec 5	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)H2H	SEC	3–8	W 30–10
17	Final · Jan 2	LSU H2H	SEC	9–2–1	W 24–17

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

1.220

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

+48

-3+51

Penn State +10
LSU +9
Georgia Tech +7
Georgia +7
Memphis +5
Ole Miss +5
Kentucky +3
Vanderbilt +3
Wake Forest +2
Auburn -1
Alabama -2

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #8Better than 95%

Win % Place 9thBetter than 94%

0.833 Win % · Change 4

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

+31

+39

-4

+31

-7

+32

+14

+17

+10

+20

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.