The history of the Tennessee and Georgia rivalry is not one teeming with monumental upsets or consequential games.

Only a handful of times have they met both ranked and with high aspirations for the rest of the season. This year’s matchup will be one of those times for the Vols and Bulldogs, and no matter who wins, it can hardly be considered an upset.

That said, there have been some good ones over the years.

Whether it was a Tennessee victory that proved to be the difference in Georgia’s title hopes, or a Georgia victory that helped usher in the end of the most prominent era of Volunteers football, the series has seen some memorable upsets.

We review the top 5 in the Tennessee vs. Georgia rivalry.

5. Tennessee 38, No. 19 Georgia 31, Oct. 10, 2015

The Bulldogs technically entered this game with national championship aspirations still intact. After a 4-0 start, they had just dropped their first game of the season the week before, 38-10 to an Alabama team that would go on to win it all.

Instead of getting back on track, however, Georgia suffered an epic collapse to a Volunteers team that had struggled for the majority of the season. The Vols came in with a 2-3 record and fell behind Georgia 24-3 near halftime.

Tennessee outscored the Bulldogs 35-7 down the stretch, however, to hang on for a victory. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs had one of his better games at Tennessee, passing for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns and running for another 118 and 2 scores.

The Vols went on to finish the season 9-4, ranked No. 22 in the final AP poll. Georgia finished 10-3 but unranked and parted ways with longtime coach Mark Richt before the TaxSlayer Bowl.

4. Tennessee 35, No. 12 Georgia 14, Oct. 6, 2007

Mark this one down as arguably the costliest upset of the rivalry, as Georgia finished the season ranked No. 2 in the final AP poll and, by many accounts, the best team in the country by the end of the season.

The Bulldogs, led by quarterback Matthew Stafford, running backs Knowshon Moreno and Thomas Brown, and defensive end Marcus Howard, didn’t lose again the rest of the season after this game. They won their final seven, including a 41-10 rout of No. 10 Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl.

But on this day, the Bulldogs were no match for Tennessee.

The Vols made quick work of Georgia, scoring four times in the first half to build up a 28-0 lead. Two second-half touchdowns for the Bulldogs were largely insignificant, and Tennessee cruised to an easy win.

Moreno was bottled up, running for just 30 yards on 13 carries, a 2.3 yards per carry average. In fact, Georgia gained only 69 total yards on the ground in the contest, by far its worst output of the season.

Tennessee, meanwhile, got 98 yards and 3 touchdowns from Arian Foster and another score from Montario Hardesty.

3. No. 17 Tennessee 19, No. 3 Georgia 14, Oct. 9, 2004

The Vols entered this game a week after suffering a 34-10 loss to Auburn. Georgia, meanwhile, had won its first 4 games of the season and was ranked No. 3 in the nation behind Southern California and Oklahoma.

With a team many thought might finally get over the hump, Georgia instead ran into another obstacle that proved to be too much.

Neither team gained 300 yards in the game, but the Vols held off a late push from the Bulldogs to hold on for a low-scoring victory. Georgia running back Danny Ware scored on a 1-yard touchdown with 4:22 left in the game, but the Bulldogs got no closer.

Tennessee got 102 rushing yards from Gerald Riggs Jr. and Erik Ainge passed for 2 touchdowns, 1 each to Bret Smith and Chris Hannon.

2. Georgia 35, No. 11 Tennessee 31, Nov. 3, 1973

Tennessee was 6-1, its only loss coming 2 weeks earlier to No. 2 Alabama. Ranked No. 11 in the country, the Volunteers had their sights set on getting back on track and making a push toward No. 1.

Georgia, meanwhile, was just struggling to stay afloat, after a season-opening tie and 2 losses in its next 6 games. Two of those losses were to unranked Vanderbilt and Kentucky in back-to-back weeks.

All Georgia had left to accomplish for the season was to play spoiler, and that’s exactly what it did.

Jimmy Poulos caught a fourth-quarter touchdown pass for the Bulldogs, his second score of the game, and quarterback Andy Johnson ran it in from 8 yards out to give Georgia the come-from-behind win.

Georgia lost its next game 11-10 to Florida, but finished the season winning 4 of 5, including a Peach Bowl victory over No. 18 Maryland. Tennessee lost 3 of its final 5 games, including the loss to Georgia, to finish 8-4 and ranked No. 19.

1. Georgia 26, No. 6 Tennessee 24, Oct. 6, 2001

We were still in the golden age of Tennessee football, with the Vols very much on the shortlist of national title contenders.

A 3-0 start had gotten Tennessee up to No. 6 in the national rankings. Georgia, meanwhile, had taken an early-season loss to South Carolina to fall out of the AP poll. It was a season in which Tennessee reeled off 7 straight wins after this game to climb to No. 2 nationally and qualify for the SEC championship game.

But on this day, Georgia stepped on their face with a hobnail boot and broke their nose.

This game will forever live in rivalry lore, as the game-winning touchdown pass from David Greene to Verron Haynes has been immortalized by the call by the late play-by-play legend Larry Munson.

The Vols suffered another upset to No. 21 LSU, 31-20, in the SEC Championship Game, costing themselves a chance take on No. 1 Miami in the BCS Championship game.

It was the last time Tennessee made a push for a national championship until, potentially, this season. The Vols’ No. 3 ranking this season is their highest since reaching No. 2 in 2001.