Where Tennessee Can Improve for 2024 Season

Where the Tennessee Volunteers can improve for the 2024 college football season.

Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel during Tennessee's Orange & White spring football game at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, April 13, 2024. / Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA

The Tennessee Volunteers are coming off of a pretty successful season as they finished with a 9-4 record. The 2023 season did not live up to the standard that the Volunteers reached in 2022, but things continue to improve under head coach Josh Heupel, and if Tennessee if going to have to improve in 2024, there is one area they need to improve upon.

Last season, Tennessee ranked 75th in the nation for red zone conversion rate. The Volunteers scored just 83.3% of the time when they reached the red zone. To make matters worse, only 51% of the time they scored touchdowns and the rest were field goals. So of the 54 attempts in the red zone Tennessee had, 28 of them resulted in touchdowns.

One way Tennessee can improve those numbers is by scoring before they get into the red zone. Part of what made the Volunteers' offense so successful in 2022 was how explosive they were. They were able to pick up yards in bunches and turn deep shots into touchdowns. If they can get back to that standard in 2024 under Nico Iamaleava in his first year as the starter, then they will be in good hands.

It is unlikely that a team coached by an offensive minded coach like Josh Heupel will struggle in an area such as scoring points two years in a row, but if Tennessee has playoff aspirations this season, then those numbers will have to improve.

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