Butch Jones is done at Tennessee.

That might have been the conclusion others around the program came to long ago. But after Saturday’s pathetic showing against Georgia, which saw Tennessee trounced 41-0 at home, the rest of the country saw Jones’ failures on full display.

Jones has been far from terrible. Despite Saturday’s loss, his record with the Volunteers stands at 33-23, with back-to-back nine-win campaigns and a sterling 3-0 mark in bowl games. The Volunteers are light-years ahead of where they were during the tenures of his predecessors, Lane Kiffin and Derek Dooley. Still, Tennessee has undoubtedly underachieved with Jones at the helm. The most recent example came last season, when the Vols were a trendy pick to win the SEC East for the first time since 2007. Instead, they finished 4-4 in conference play.

Jones’ biggest issue has been the most obvious: He and his coaching staff just haven’t been able to get the most of their players. Recruiting has never been the problem. According to 247Sports’ Team Talent Composite, which gauges teams on the basis of each team’s number of 3-, 4- and 5-star prospects, Tennessee has the nation’s 12th-most talented squad in 2017.

Georgia ranks fourth on that list.

But that eight-spot gap is no excuse for a team to lose to one of its biggest rivals at home 41-0.

As noted in a widely circulated stat from Saturday’s defeat, it was the first time the Volunteers were blanked at home by the Bulldogs since 1923, when Georgia won 17-0.

The good news for Jones is that the remaining schedule is far from daunting.

A Deebo Samuel-less South Carolina continues to show no punch offensively. Kentucky struggled with Eastern Michigan on Saturday and won’t be confused for a dominant force. Southern Miss should be a win, as should Missouri, far and away the worst team in the SEC. LSU, which Tennessee hosts Nov. 18, appears far less formidable following losses to both Mississippi State and, shockingly, Troy on Saturday. The regular-season finale against Vanderbilt is winnable, too.

There’s only one game left where Tennessee will be a decided underdog. That comes against some team called “Alabama.”

The only way the Vols win that game is if the Crimson Tide’s entire roster oversleeps and misses kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium. (In short: Chalk that up as Tennessee’s 11th straight loss on the “Third Saturday in October.”)

Win all those games, sans Alabama, and Tennessee will wrap up the regular season with a 9-3 record and a 5-3 showing in league play. Not bad, but the problem for Jones is that the three losses speak louder than the nine wins.

Tennessee expects to beat Vanderbilt, Kentucky and South Carolina every season. Those are viewed as a given.

But a Tennessee coach is judged by how he fares against the Big 3 of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. And in that regard, Jones has failed miserably. He’s 0-4 (soon to be 0-5) against the Tide. He’s 1-4 against the Gators. At least he’s a more-respectable 2-3 against Georgia. But in sum, Jones owns a 3-11 record against the Volunteers’ most bitter rivals.

Take away the losses to the Tide if you’d like. Regardless of who was coaching Tennessee, it’s unlikely it would have fared much better against Alabama given the incredible run of success Nick Saban has had since 2008.

The losses to Florida and Georgia are a bit harder to excuse, though. In the past four seasons, neither the Bulldogs nor Gators has fielded a team that has been a legitimate national title contender. (Though Georgia seems to be on its way to changing that narrative this fall.) So it’s not as if Tennessee has entered its annual matchups against Florida and Georgia decidedly outmatched. In those games, Jones has simply been outcoached.

In the end, that will be his undoing in Knoxville.

Now let’s take a look at what else is going on around the SEC East:

Florida

Saturday was a win and a loss for the Gators. They beat Vanderbilt 38-24 to improve to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the SEC. And their offense showed some signs of life, particularly its young playmakers.

But following the victory, they had lost quarterback Luke Del Rio for the remainder of the season, as he broke his collarbone in the first half and did not return.

Georgia

The Bulldogs thoroughly dominated the Volunteers on Saturday. But according to Jason Butt of The (Macon) Telegraph, one Tennessee player wasn’t impressed.

Saturday’s victory was particularly sweet for fifth-year senior running back Nick Chubb. After all, the last time he played in Neyland Stadium prior to Saturday, his season ended after he suffered a severe knee injury.

Kentucky

Jon Hale, the Wildcats’ football beat writer for the Courier-Journal, graded the team’s position groups after it escaped with a victory over Eastern Michigan.

Jennifer Smith, who covers the team for the Lexington Herald-Leader, provided some postgame notes and tidbits, starting with the special teams.

Missouri

Even though Missouri had an open date Saturday, it couldn’t avoid yet another loss. And this came in the form of one of its most important players: sophomore receiver Dimetrios Mason.

The Tigers’ second-leading receiver this season in terms of receptions (13), Mason reportedly is no longer part of the football program. And it gets worse: According to PowerMizzou.com, a Rivals affiliate, “the door is not open” for Mason to return. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Mason’s departure was due to disciplinary reasons.

Mason caught 47 passes for 587 yards last season, which were both true-freshman records for a Missouri receiver.

South Carolina

Despite the offensive issues that cropped up for South Carolina in its 24-17 loss at Texas A&M on Saturday, quarterback Jake Bentley isn’t fazed. Far from it. Instead, he came to the defense of embattled offensive coordinator Kurt Roper, according to Ben Breiner of The State.

Josh Kendall, the Gamecocks’ beat writer for The State, wasn’t quite as optimistic as Bentley. On the contrary.

Just check out the lede from his story:

No football coach wants a one-dimensional offense, but one dimension would seem like progress for South Carolina at this point.

Ouch.

Tennessee

Yes, Jones is in plenty of trouble following Saturday’s shutout, writes Joe Rexrode, a columnist for The Tennessean.

Wes Rucker, the senior writer at 247Sports’ Tennessee site GoVols247, summed it up in his column’s headline: “This can’t be spun.”

Vanderbilt

Following its back-to-back losses to Alabama and Florida, Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason explained the physical toll those defeats have had on his team.

Also, Adam Sparks, the Commodores’ beat writer for The Tennessean, offered up both his “best and worst” from Saturday’s game as well as “five things he learned” from the defeat.

Tweet of the week

Fromm, Georgia’s starting quarterback, really embraces the “Jake from State Farm” commercials. (Heck, Fromm’s Twitter name is “JakefromStateFromm.”)

Earlier this week, he sent out another hilarious tweet referencing his name, which you can see below.

Quote of the week

I searched and searched for a good pick for “quote of the week.” Nothing I found seemed worthy. But we have to pick something, so we’ll credit Mark Stoops for being honest about his team barely scraping past Eastern Michigan.

‘Well, the good news is we got the victory,” he told reporters. “That just didn’t feel very good the whole game.”