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🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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VOLS' PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE: Can Tennessee's defense step up against Arkansas? Tennessee Volunteers football climbs to 11th in ESPN's Football Power Index, boasting a 28.1% chance at the College Football Playoff. Host Eric Cain breaks down the Vols' impressive start, highlighting Joey Aguilar's unexpected elite success at quarterback and Chris Brazzell’s standout receiver play. The discussion covers Tennessee's evolving schedule, including crucial matchups against Alabama, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. Cain analyzes key concerns for the Volunteers, focusing on special teams performance and defensive challenges. With Arkansas on the horizon, will Tennessee's rush defense hold strong against SEC opponents? Tune in for expert insights on the Vols' path to success and their chances of making a deep playoff run.

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0:00.0	Six weeks into the college football season, what's this Tennessee schedule looking like? Harder,
0:04.6	easier than we anticipated, plus Tennessee's chances to make the college football playoff
0:08.5	at this stage of the year. It's loaded Monday morning, fresh off the bye, locked on balls.
0:19.0	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.8	What is up, everybody? Welcome into it, your Monday morning Locked on Vols. I am your host, Eric Kane.
0:33.4	I appreciate you guys for being a part of the show, making Lockdown Ball balls your first listen, your first watch each and every single morning.
0:38.1	We're a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, where it is your team every single day. And every day,ers could not do this show without you. Don't forget, tomorrow's show is your show. Ask questions. I'll do my best to answer them. Mailback questions answered on tomorrow's show for a little Twitter Tuesday. Today's episode is brought to you apart by our friends over at Fanduals Sportsbook.
0:55.9	Right now, new customers can bet just $5, and if you're bet when, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the app today. Fun show coming up here today. We're going to look at Tennessee's schedule, analyze it, I guess six weeks into the schedule, five games into the season for Tennessee.
1:12.8	Is it easier?
1:13.6	Is it more challenging?
1:15.0	What are some potential roadblocks that's coming up here in second number one?
1:18.3	Plus, look at ESPN's Football Power Index, where Tennessee ranks this week.
1:22.2	They move up a couple of spots and the percent chances of Tennessee in the college football playoff.
1:26.8	Then we're going to get into the top, not really top, just some major surprises for Tennessee
1:32.2	through this stage of the season and some major concerns for Tennessee through this stage
1:36.7	of the season.
1:38.0	Myself included with the Ball Quest staff, we kind of answered those questions over the
1:41.1	by week last week and wanted to bring them on to the show here today.
1:44.2	So surprises, concerns through five games for Tennessee football that's coming up in segments two and three.
1:49.9	All right.
1:50.5	So you look at that schedule for the University of Tennessee.
1:53.6	And we're five games in.
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