The Volunteers (25-2) were a runaway choice, receiving 69 first-place votes and 1,797 points from the 72-member national media panel after a 66-62 victory at Memphis. Tennessee is the 53rd school to hold the No. 1 ranking since the poll began for the 1948-49 season.
When we lived in Knoxville, I always loved it when the Vols were playing at home. The whole town emptied into the stadium, and the wait time to get seated at area restaurants went to zero! After the game, though, just forget it and go home!
