Help us write a Vols football preseason publication: 2021 Power Rankings

Yes, 2021 is a Season of Change for the Tennessee Volunteers football program, and we’re turning to face the strange ourselves with this year’s preseason publication. We’re inviting you along for the process, asking for input on several key pieces of content.

First up is our Preseason College Football Power Rankings. We don’t usually publish these in any form, but use them primarily as a building block for much of the rest of the publication. Previews, projected records and standings, the stock watch, and other content depend to some degree on the Power Rankings.

The Power Rankings are compiled first using a formula, and then subjected to human overrides, which is where we (and you) come in.

Here’s the first draft, the formula-only results. It’s a baseline, and now it’s up to us to tell it where it’s wrong.

Don’t let us over-influence you, but here are some of the teams we’re thinking may be ranked too high:

• Texas A&M
• Florida
• Oregon
• Wisconsin
• Texas
• BYU!
• Northwestern!

And here’s a list of teams that are currently looking too low to us:

• Iowa State
• Michigan
• Ole Miss
• Louisiana
• LSU

If you have any opinions, leave them below.