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UT Football Pre-Season Magazine Predictions and Honors
July 23, 2007 | Football
UT Football Pre-Season Magazine Predictions and Honors
In a sampling of eight pre-season polls by magazines and websites, the Tennessee Volunteers were picked to finish third in the Eastern Division and enter the season with a pre-season ranking of No. 16. In addition, numerous Vols were selected to pre-season All-SEC and All-America teams. Listed below is a sampling of these media.
NATIONAL POLLS PREDICTIONS
* - Must have been ranked in three of the seven polls. Team given 26th ranking if not ranked in Top 25.
SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
| BlueRibbon | S&S | Athlon | CBS | TSN | Lindy's | Coll. FBNews | PhilSteele | Avg. | |
| SEC East | |||||||||
| Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.625 |
| Georgia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.125 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.500 |
| S. Carolina | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3.750 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.000 |
| Vanderbilt | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6.000 |
| SEC West | |||||||||
| LSU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Auburn | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.625 |
| Alabama | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.437 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.437 |
| Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.500 |
| Miss. State | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5.500 |
| VOLS ON ALL-SEC TEAMS |
| BLUE RIBBON YEARBOOK OFFENSE QB - Eric Ainge, Tennessee DEFENSE DB - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee |
| STREET & SMITH'S DEFENSE DB - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee |
| ATHLON First-Team OFFENSE OL - Ramon Foster, Tennessee RB - LaMarcus Coker, Tennessee DEFENSE S - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee Second-Team OFFENSE QB - Erik Ainge, Tennessee DEFENSE LB - Jerod Mayo, Tennessee Third-Team OFFENSE TE - Chris Brown, Tennessee DEFENSE DL - J.T. Mapu, Tennessee DL - Xavier Mitchell, Tennessee LB - Rico McCoy, Tennessee |
| CBS SPORTSLINE.com DEFENSE LB - Jerod Mayo, Tennessee DB - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee |
| SPORTING NEWS OFFENSE G - Anthony Parker, Tennessee DEFENSE FS - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee Second-Team DEFENSE LB - Jerod Mayo, Tennessee |
| LINDY'S OFFENSE QB - Erik Ainge, Tennessee DEFENSE DB - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee Second-Team OFFENSE TE - Chris Brown, Tennessee OL - Eric Young, Tennessee DEFENSE DL - Antonio Reynolds, Tennessee DL - Xavier Mitchell, Tennessee LB - Jerod Mayo, Tennessee |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS.com DEFENSE DB - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee |
| PHIL STEELE DEFENSE S - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee SPECIALISTS P - Britton Colquitt, Tennessee Second-Team OFFENSE QB - Erik Ainge, Tennessee RB - LaMarcus Coker, Tennessee TE - Chris Brown, Tennessee DEFENSE LB - Jerod Mayo, Tennessee Third-Team DEFENSE DL - J.T. Mapu, Tennessee Fourth-Team OFFENSE C - Josh McNeil, Tennessee T - Eric Young, Tennessee DEFENSE DL - Xavier Mitchell, Tennessee CB - DeAngelo Willingham, Tennessee SPECIALISTS PR - Jonathan Hefney, Tennessee |
| VOLS SUPERLATIVES |
| BLUE RIBBON YEARBOOK SEC Newcomer of the Year - Kenny O'Neal, WR, Tennessee |
| ATHLON Heisman C-List - Erik Ainge, Tennessee Top Freshmen - Eric Berry, Tennessee |
| CBS SPORTSLINE.com SEC Newcomer of the Year - Eric Berry, DB, Tennessee |
| LINDY'S SEC Offensive Player of the Year - Erik Ainge, Tennessee SEC Newcomer of the Year - Eric Berry, DB, Tennessee |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS.com Heisman Candidate - Erik Ainge, Tennessee |
| VOLUNTEERS ON ALL-AMERICA TEAMS |
| BLUE RIBBON YEARBOOK Britton Colquitt, P, Tennessee |
| STREET & SMITH'S First-Team Jonathan Hefney, DB, Tennessee Second-Team Britton Colquitt, P, Tennessee |
| ATHLON Second-Team Jonathan Hefney, S, Tennessee Third-Team Britton Colquitt, P, Tennessee |
| CBS SPORTSLINE.com Second-Team Jonathan Hefney, DB, Tennessee |
| PHIL STEELE Second-Team Britton Colquitt, P, Tennessee |
| LINDY'S First-Team Jonathan Hefney, DB, Tennessee Second-Team Britton Colquitt, P, Tennessee |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS.com First-Team Jonathan Hefney, DB, Tennessee |
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