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The Volunteers from Tennessee will be looking to make some strides in an SEC East division that has room for an upstart team to make a push. But should you believe in the hype coming out of Knoxville if you’re a fan thinking about 2011 Tennessee football predictions? There’s a lot to consider, and chances are they won’t be able to compete with the real SEC powers. But that doesn’t mean they can’t take a big step forward, and they could throw the rest of your 2011 college football predictions into a frenzy as well.

Last season, Tennessee finished 6-7, including a bowl game loss against North Carolina in two overtimes. It was a season in turmoil for the club, with a new head coach who had to take over the reins after the hasty departure of Lane Kiffin. While a losing record is never a good thing, in truth, it’s about as good as the team could have been last year. They beat all of the teams they really could have been expected to, and they lost to all of the teams that were favored to beat them. The next step is changing some of that, winning close games that could go either way, and starting to upset the powers when they come into your house.

So now it’s time to look ahead to your 2011 Tennessee football predictions, and see what the team is capable of for the upcoming season. Coach Dooley has now had a full season and off season under his belt to get his team together, bring in the players he wants and more. The team will have a pretty easy out of conference schedule, without any daunting opponents on there.

Then it will come down to the SEC, and the tough road that is always there for teams, especially for middle of the pack teams trying to take a step forward. It’s certainly one of the major factors to think about with your 2011 college football predictions for the conference. So how does it look for Tennessee?

They’ll be playing two top five teams in LSU and Alabama, and they’ll be doing it in back to back weeks. It gets worse though, they play South Carolina the week after, making it three top 10 teams in three weeks, a near impossible task for any squad. Plus, they’ll also be playing Florida and Arkansas. So if they really want to make a stride forward, they need to beat at least one of those teams, but it’s not going to be easy.

So when it comes to your 2011 college football predictions, where should you place the Volunteers? The SEC East is much easier than the West division right now, but there is still South Carolina, Florida and Georgia to compete with. But winning a few of their tough games and moving up the standings and into a better bowl game would be a great accomplishment, and that’s certainly a possibility to think about with your 2011 Tennessee football predictions, even if it will be a daunting one to actually achieve.

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