The unofficial kickoff to the 2025 college football season will take place July 14-17 with SEC media days. SEC media days will be held at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park and the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia.
2025 will mark the fifth football season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. He has compiled a 37-15 (20-12 SEC) record with the Vols since 2021.
The Vols will kick off their 2025 campaign Aug. 30 versus Syracuse at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tennessee will host Georgia, UAB, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico State and Vanderbilt at Neyland Stadium in 2025. The Vols will travel to Mississippi State, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida for road contests.
Ahead of the 2025 season, ESPN Football Power Index released win-loss record projections for SEC teams.
ESPN FPI projects overall win-loss totals based on accounting for results to date and FPI-based projections for remaining scheduled games, and potential conference championship games. A team’s projected win-loss record may not sum to a whole number due to a differing number of games played in each simulation.
Below are preseason win-loss record projections for SEC teams.
2025 SEC football win-loss record projections
| School | Win-loss record projection |
| Texas | 10.4-2.1 |
| Georgia | 10.1-2.3 |
| Alabama | 9.6-2.8 |
| Tennessee | 8.7-3.4 |
| Ole Miss | 8.3-3.8 |
| Texas A&M | 8.1-4.1 |
| LSU | 7.9-4.2 |
| Auburn | 7.5-4.5 |
| South Carolina | 7.3-4.8 |
| Oklahoma | 6.9-5.1 |
| Missouri | 6.9-5.2 |
| Florida | 6.4-5.6 |
| Arkansas | 6.1-5.9 |
| Kentucky | 5.6-6.4 |
| Vanderbilt | 4.8-7.2 |
| Mississippi State | 4.4-7.6 |
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