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Tennessee Vols statistical ranking trends – after Missouri

Now on a four-game win streak, how are the Vols’ statistical rankings trending now?

Offense

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Currently doing well: Passing Yards per Completion

Needs attention: Scoring Offense, Red Zone Offense, Rushing Offense, Total Offense, First Downs Offense, 4th Down Conversion Pct

Climbed out of the Bottom 30: Nothing

Fell out of the Top 30: Nothing

Climbed into the Top 30: Nothing, but 3rd Down Conversion Pct is knocking at the door.

Fell into the Bottom 30: Scoring Offense, Rushing Offense

I know it’s hard to move the needle much with one game when you dump it into nearly a season’s worth of data, but I expected to see a bit more movement after that performance against Missouri. Still, there’s improvement on all of the things they’re doing well and kind of well. There’s just not a lot of improvement on the things that need it most. Credit Missouri’s defense for that?

Defense

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Currently doing well: Passes Intercepted, Passing Yards Allowed

Needs attention: There’s nothing in the Bottom 30 here, but Tackles for Loss is being wooed by the darkness. The things to focus on are that, First Downs Defense, Rushing Defense, and third down defense.

Climbed out of the Bottom 30: Nothing in the Bottom 30 last week.

Fell out of the Top 30: 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense. Not worried about this.

Climbed into the Top 30: Nothing.

Fell into the Bottom 30: Nothing, but that Tackles for Loss is worth keeping an eye on.

This whole thing is looking quite good with room still to grow. Step back and look at the whole chart and notice the general trend from more red and yellow to more green and yellow. Good sign.

Special Teams

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Currently doing well: Blocked Punts, Kickoff Return Defense, Punt Returns, Blocked Kicks

Needs attention: Nothing’s in the Bottom 30 here, but several things are dangerously close: Blocked Punts Allowed, Net Punting, Blocked Kicks Allowed, and Kickoff Returns.

I said last week that I wasn’t concerned about the change in Blocked Kicks Allowed because the drop from 1 to 37 was caused by a single blocked kick, but maybe somebody should have been concerned. Two weeks ago, we were tied for 1st; now, we’re at 93. Oof.

Turnovers and Penalties

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Currently doing well: Eh . . .

Needs attention: Turnovers Lost and Fumbles Recovered.

I’ll repeat this because I think it’s important: Penalties can be improved, but you don’t want to do so at the cost of losing your aggression. The team lost some ground on turnovers last week.