Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt, right, greets Kivon Bennett (95) before an NCAA college football game against West Virginia in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Tennessee believes it can play much better than it showed in a 40-14 season-opening loss to West Virginia. The Volunteers are hoping the lessons learned in that humbling defeat to open Jeremy Pruitt's coaching tenure can pay dividends the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
First-year coaches face off as Tennessee hosts ETSU

By Steve Megargee Sep. 07, 2018 10:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt directs his team against West Virginia in an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C. Tennessee's home opener with East Tennessee State matches two first-year coaches and former colleagues against each other. Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt was a defensive coordinator and ETSU's Randy Sanders was quarterbacks coach on Florida State's 2013 national championship team. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
Tennessee-ETSU game features matchup of ex-FSU assistants

By Steve Megargee Sep. 06, 2018 09:37 AM EDT

Tennessee C Brandon Kennedy out for season with ACL injury

By Steve Megargee Sep. 05, 2018 03:53 PM EDT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee center Brandon Kennedy will miss the remainder of the season after injuring his anterior cruciate ligament in practice...

Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt directs his team against West Virginia in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Vols need to use next 2 games to prepare for SEC schedule

By Steve Megargee Sep. 04, 2018 10:31 AM EDT

West Virginia's Will Grier (7) looks to pass against Tennessee in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Grier leads No. 17 West Virginia past Tennessee 40-14

By Steve Reed Sep. 01, 2018 03:45 PM EDT

Tennessee's Jarrett Guarantano (2) loses the ball as he is hit by West Virginia's Kenny Bigelow Jr. (40) in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. The play was ruled an incomplete pass. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Tennessee-West Virginia game resumes after weather delay

Sep. 01, 2018 01:21 PM EDT

Appalachian State defenders Thomas Hennigan (5), Corey Sutton (2) and Josh Thomas (7), break up a pass intended for Penn State's KJ Hamler (1) in the end zone during the first half of an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
No. 10 Nittany Lions survives in OT vs Appalachian State

By The Associated Press Sep. 01, 2018 11:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2017, file phto, West Virginia quarterback Will Grier (7) is shown during an NCAA college football game against Delaware, in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia already has launched a Heisman campaign for Grier, the Associated Press preseason All-America first-team quarterback. West Virginia will play against Tennessee on Saturday. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson, File)
Delaware State at West Virginia 9/16/2017

Aug. 31, 2018 10:37 AM EDT

FILE - This is a Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, showing fans during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Notre Dame and Michigan State in South Bend, Ind. No. 14 Michigan plays at No. 12 Notre Dame on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
After soap-opera separation, Michigan-Notre Dame reconnect

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 30, 2018 11:24 AM EDT

No. 17 West Virginia faces Tennessee; Vols start Pruitt era

By The Associated Press Aug. 30, 2018 05:44 AM EDT
No. 17 West Virginia (7-6 last season) vs. Tennessee (4-8) at Charlotte, North Carolina, 3:30 p.m. ET (CBS). Line: West Virginia by 10 ...