The Tennessee Volunteers have turned their season around after starting an embarrassing 1-4. Other than the loss to Alabama, the Vols have won 4 of their last 5 games to even their record at 5-5.

A big reason for that turnaround is the defense, which has allowed 10, 21, 7 and 13 points in their last 4 victories.

Ahead of a game against a sputtering Mizzou squad, coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed what has played into the defensive turnaround:

Winnable games against Mizzou and Vanderbilt remain on the schedule, so we’ll see how the Vols close out the season.

Last year, they were also 5-5 entering the last two weeks of the season and lost to both the Tigers and Commodores.