If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from SB Nation’s Bill Connelly:

Okay, so this preliminary list has Tennessee at No. 21, which will likely come as a surprise. Follow the link, because there’s an entire section devoted to Tennessee’s rankiing. The nutshell version is that the Vols played a ton of young guys last year and therefore have one of the best “returning production” numbers, plus they had a very good recruiting class.

Temper all of that, though, by noting that a No. 21 overall ranking is still fifth in the SEC East behind Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Missouri. Sheesh.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Post-signing day projected Vols depth chart: Offense, via 247Sports
  2. Tennessee No. 1, Duke No. 2 in latest AP poll, via ESPN
  3. Everything Rick Barnes said during Monday’s press conference, via 247Sports
  4. Barnes updates status of Vols’ Pons, Bone, via 247Sports
  5. Barnes backs Williams to finish stronger than last season, via 247Sports
  6. TENNESSEE’S ORANGE AND WHITE GAME PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET SET FOR APRIL 13 – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
  7. Tennessee 73 Florida 61 – The New Normal, via Gameday on Rocky Top

Behind the paywalls

  • Jeremy Pruitt and Phillip Fulmer reflect on lessons learned…, via The Athletic
  • VolQuest.com – Monday’s 3-2-1: Huge week edition, via VolQuest