Ranking the top 50 college football programs of all time

Everyone thinks of Tennessee as a perennial under-performer in the college football landscape and that’s been somewhat true recently. Butch Jones is in his fourth year with the program and is just 29-21 during that time. The Volunteers are consistently ranked near the top 10 but finish the season on the lower end or even out of the polls.

Despite Jones’ recent struggles, the Volunteers are ninth all-time in wins among FBS schools and 23rd in terms of win percentage at 68. They have also won six national titles, including four under Robert Neyland between 1938-51.

The most recent national title came during the 1998 season under Phillip Fulmer when the Volunteers went 13-0 and won the Fiesta Bowl.

Tennessee has 16 total conference titles and 13 since joining the SEC back in 1933. Neyland had the most success, winning seven of them to go along with his four national championships, earning the right to have the Volunteers’ stadium named after him.

The Volunteers have been to 12 bowl games since 2000 and 51 in school history, which ranks third in all of college football. Their 27 wins ranks sixth in college football history. Clearly there’s a long history of winning here.

There have been 38 consensus All-Americans to make their way through the program. Notable alumni include Reggie White, Peyton Manning, Eric Berry, Doug Atkins, Arian Foster, Jamal Lewis and Jason Witten.