Current Tennessee Volunteers Playoff Chances for 2025-26
| 👍 Playoff Chances: | OTB |
| 👎 Miss Playoffs: | OTB |
| ⭐️ Win SEC: | OTB |
| 🏆 Win Championship: | OTB |
| ✅ Chances Verified: | December 2025 |
Vols playoff chances are implied probabilities based on odds at DraftKings TN.
What Are the Vols Chances of Making the Playoffs?
The Vols' chances to make the playoffs are off the board. Tennessee finished 10-2 last season, but lost four games this season and will not make the playoffs.
Latest Tennessee Playoff Odds
| 👍 Odds to Make Playoffs: | OTB |
| 👎 Odds to Miss Playoffs: | OTB |
| ⭐️ Odds to Win SEC: | OTB |
| 🏆 Championship Odds: | OTB |
| ✅ Latest Odds Verified: | December 2025 |
Odds for the Volunteers to make the 2025 playoffs can be found on all legal Tennessee sports betting apps.
Who Do the Volunteers Play Next?
Here's how the Vols' schedule looks throughout the season:
| Week | Opponent | Odds/Results |
| Week 1 | vs. Syracuse | Won 45-26 |
| Week 2 | vs. East Tennessee State | Won 72-17 |
| Week 3 | vs. Georgia | Lost 44-41 in Overtime |
| Week 4 | vs. UAB | -43.5 (spread) |
| Week 5 | @ Mississippi State | Won 40-34 (OT) |
| Week 6 | BYE WEEK | --- |
| Week 7 | vs. Arkansas | Won 34-31 |
| Week 8 | @ Alabama | Lost 37-20 |
| Week 9 | @ Kentucky | Won 56-34 |
| Week 10 | vs. Oklahoma | Lost 33-27 |
| Week 11 | BYE WEEK | |
| Week 12 | vs. New Mexico State | Won 42-9 |
| Week 13 | @ Florida | Won 31-11 |
| Week 14 | vs. Vanderbilt | Lost 45-24 |
| December 30, 2025 | vs. Illinois (Music City Bowl) | -2.5 (-135 ML) |
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Looking at the Volunteers Playoff History & Results
Before 2024, the Volunteers had yet to make the College Football Playoff. They came close in 2022, going 11-2 (6-2) with multiple ranked wins including against at the time No. 3 Alabama. However, the Vols came up short in the East Division of the SEC to the Georgia Bulldogs. Tennessee closed out that season on a high note with a win against the Oregon Ducks in the Orange Bowl.
Vols Odds to Make Playoffs FAQs
No, the Volunteers cannot make the playoffs. Currently, their odds to make the playoffs are off the board. This indicates that oddsmakers have ruled out the Volunteers, and they will not be participating in the playoff tournament this season, with a championship likely out of the question.
No, they will not be clinching a playoff spot this season. While the Vols clinched a spot in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff, that will not be the case this season, as they are not high enough in the standings to earn a spot.
The Volunteers' playoff chances are off the board. This emphasises that oddsmakers do not believe they have a chance to make it to the College Football Playoffs, but their perception might be lower at this point after recent struggles and their current record.
Today, the Tennessee Volunteers' odds to make the playoffs are off the board. The competition has been tough this season, and some critical losses earlier in the season have come back to bite the Volunteers as they will find themselves on the outside in.
Yes, the Vols are eliminated from the College Football Playoff because they did not win enough games to make the playoffs. After making it last season, there will be no playoffs for the Vols this season as they will be on the outside looking in.
The first round of the CFP begins Dec. 20-21. Eight of the 12 teams that make the playoffs will play that weekend at the higher-seeded teams' field while the remaining four teams will have a bye week in the first round.
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