Tennessee searching for first win versus SEC West since 2010
In these intra-division games between the East and West, it often provides the fans some insight into which division may or may not be a stronger collective entity.
Since 2010, Tennessee has certainly not been a fan of these contests.
The Volunteers have not beaten an SEC West opponent in six years. The last time came in 2010 — when UT defeated Mississippi by a score of 52-14.
But there’s more to the story when looking at the statistics. Yes, the boys in orange and white have struggled immensely against SEC West foes. But it does make sense when delving into the strength of the teams they’ve played.
Since 2011, Tennessee’s SEC West opponents have a combined record of 122-24. These teams are also 63-6 overall during the actual game-week of the game versus the Volunteers.
History has a habit of repeating itself — with this year being no different. Tennessee will be taking on an undefeated Texas A&M squad this week. Next week, Alabama will stroll into Knoxville.
These statistics not only illustrate how tough Tennessee’s schedule is on an annual basis, but also truly how strong the SEC West traditionally has been.
Should be an awesome game regardless of the outcome, but Tennessee has been snapping streaks left and right (such as against Florida, losing to ranked teams on the road, etc) while continuing on their 11 game winning streak dating back to last season. Looking forward to it!
I didn’t realize UT had such a problem with the West. I know they can’t beat Bama even though they insist on playing them as a permanent foe, but losing 10 in a row to the West is tough to overcome when you’re trying to win your own division. I think they will lose both to the West again, but still win the East. The East does seem that bad.
Can’t beat Bama? Lol look who’s talking.
LSU beat them in Bama in 2011 on their way to a conference championship. When was the last time UT beat them?
LOL you left out the most important part of that story. What else happened that year?
My buddy and I were just talking about this the other day. TN always seems to play an SEC West team when they are at their best (excluding the always good Alabama). That 122-24 combined record confirms our discussion.
The SEC was not always the “traditional” power in the SEC. From the time of the division split in 1992 until 2008, the east was the stronger division. So that’s 16 years of dominance for the East and 8 years of dominance for the West.
That’s not accurate. The East won more titles, but that was mainly Spurrier. When you look at head to head, it was always close. The East never dominated the West like now. Not even close
And bammer has pretty much dominated the West? Foolish corn dog eaters.
I believe his point is the West is dominating the East head to head and top to bottom while also taking the conf title as a cherry on top. Conversely, though the East won more conf titles early on (The Gator effect) it didn’t out perform the West on whole like it is now being dominated. Perhaps if you unbunch your panties, you would’ve gotten the point.
Tennessee is closer to Mississippi State and Auburn than they are to Bama this year. Good luck haha.
We missed our one chance to shut Arkansas fans up last year. Looks like they will be beating their chest, and running their mouths over that ONE game for the next seven or eight years, until we meet again. Will almost feel like a streak to them. I hate Bama, but at least they can win. Hope they stomp the piglets this week, and they will…
I will give you Spurrier won most of the SEC East crowns. But during that time, we still had a 10 game run on Bama. Even when they was making their cameo appearances in the SEC championship. They had a loss to the Vols under their belt… They barely escaped us last year in Tuscaloosa 19-14. They wont be so lucky this year.
I doubt Arkansas will play Bama as close as Kentucky did so where does that place the Hogs? if they were in the east looks like bottom