Tennessee football schedule, scores for 2022 season
How do things look for Tennessee in the SEC and College Football Playoff race this year? Let's look at the full Tennessee football schedule for the Volunteers' 2022 season.
2022 Tennessee Vols Football Schedule
2022 Tennessee Vols football schedule
All times Eastern
Week 1, Sept. 1 vs. Ball State
Score: Tennessee 59, Ball State 10
Week 2, Sept. 10 at Pittsburgh
Score: Tennessee 34, Pittsburgh 27
Week 3, Sept. 17 vs. Akron
Score: Tennessee 63, Akron 6
Week 4, Sept. 24 vs. Florida
Score: Tennessee 38, Florida 33
Week 5, Oct. 1 Idle
Week 6, Oct. 8 at LSU
12 p.m. on ESPN
Week 7, Oct. 15 vs. Alabama
Week 8, Oct. 22 vs. UT Martin
Week 9, Oct. 29 vs. Kentucky
Week 10, Nov. 5 at Georgia
Week 11, Nov. 12 vs. Missouri
Week 12, Nov. 19 at South Carolina
Week 13, Nov. 26 at Vanderbilt
Tennessee football schedule analysis
Ball State Cardinals
2021 record: 6-7 (4-4 MAC)
All time series: Never played
Pittsburgh Panthers
2021 record: 11-3 (7-1 ACC)
All time series: Pitt leads, 3-0
Last meeting: Pitt won, 41-34 (2021)
Akron Zips
2021 record: 2-10 (1-7 MAC)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 2-0
Last meeting: Tennessee won, 47-26 (2012)
Florida Gators
2021 record: 6-7 (2-6 SEC)
All time series: Florida leads, 31-20
Last meeting: Florida won, 38-14 (2021)
LSU Tigers
2021 record: 6-7 (3-5 SEC)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 20-10-3
Last meeting: LSU won, 30-10 (2017)
Alabama Crimson Tide
2021 record: 13-2 (7-1 SEC)
All time series: Alabama leads, 58-38-7
Last meeting: Alabama won, 52-24 (2021)
UT Martin Skyhawks
2021 record: 10-3 (5-1 Ohio Valley)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 1-0
Last meeting: Tennessee won, 50-0 (2010)
Kentucky Wildcats
2021 record: 10-3 (5-3 SEC)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 82-26-9
Last meeting: Tennessee won, 45-42 (2021)
Georgia Bulldogs
2021 record: 14-1 (8-0 SEC)
All time series: Georgia leads, 26-23-2
Last meeting: Georgia won, 41-17 (2021)
Missouri Tigers
2021 record: 6-7 (3-5 SEC)
All time series: Tied, 5-5
Last meeting: Tennessee, 62-24 (2021)
South Carolina Gamecocks
2021 record: 7-6 (3-5 SEC)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 28-10-2
Last meeting: Tennessee won, 45-20 (2021)
Vanderbilt Commodores
2021 record: 2-10 (0-8 SEC)
All time series: Tennessee leads, 78-33-5
Last meeting: Tennessee won, 45-21 (2021)
Tennessee football 2021 scores
Week 1, Sept. 2
Bowling Green at Tennessee
Final score: Tennessee 38, Bowling Green 6
Week 2, Sept. 11
Pittsburgh at Tennessee
Final score: Pittsburgh 41, Tennessee 34
Week 3, Sept. 18
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee
Final score: Tennessee 56, Tech 0
Week 4, Sept. 25
Tennessee at No. 11 Florida
Final score: Florida 38, Tennessee 14
Week 5, Oct. 2
Tennessee at Missouri
Final score: Tennessee 62, Missouri 24
Week 6, Oct. 9
South Carolina at Tennessee
Final score: Tennessee 45, South Carolina 20
Week 7, Oct. 16
No. 13 Ole Miss at Tennessee
Final score: Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 26
Week 8, Oct. 23
Tennessee at No. 4 Alabama
Final score: Alabama 52, Tennessee 24
Week 9, Oct. 30
Idle
Week 10, Nov. 6
Tennessee at No. 18 Kentucky
Final score: Tennessee 45, Kentucky 42
Week 11, Nov. 13
No. 1 Georgia at Tennessee
Final score: Georgia 41, Tennessee 17
Week 12, Nov. 20
South Alabama at Tennessee
Final score: Tennessee 60, South Alabama 14
Week 13, Nov. 27
Vanderbilt at Tennessee
Final score: Tennessee 45, Vanderbilt 21
Music City Bowl, Dec. 30
Tennessee vs. Purdue
Final score: Purdue 48, Tennessee 45
College Football Playoff 2022-23 Schedule
Dec. 31, 2022 Fiesta Bowl
Dec. 31, 2022 Peach Bowl
Jan. 9, 2023 National Championship
This is the ninth year that college football has a playoff system, which replaced the former Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ahead of the 2014 season.
Ohio State won the first championship under the current system. Alabama (2015, ’17, ’20) and Clemson (2016 and ’18) are the only programs to win multiple titles in the playoff era.
Here's a rundown of every College Football Playoff to date.
2014
Rose Bowl — No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20
Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35
CFP National Championship — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20
2015
Orange Bowl — No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40
2016
Fiesta Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0
Peach Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31
2017
Rose Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 ( 2 OT)
Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6
CFP National Championship — No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia (OT)
2018
Orange Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34
Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3
CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16
2019
Peach Bowl — No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28
Fiesta Bowl — No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23
CFP National Championship — No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25
2020
Rose Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14
Sugar Bowl — No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28
CFP National Championship — No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24
2021
Cotton Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6
Orange Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11
CFP National Championship — No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18