Regardless of what most people in and around Knoxville will tell you, Tennessee actually improved quite a bit in 2018.
Here are the stats to back that up….
-Overall Record-
2017: 4-8
2018: 5-7 (+1game)
-SEC Record-
2017: 0-8
2018: 2-6 (+2games)
-Strength of Schedule-
2017: 65th
2018: 34th (+31 nationally)
-Total Offense-
2017: 125th @ 282yds/gm
2018: 120th @ 319yds/gm (+5)
-Rushing Offense-
2017: 114th @ 114yds/gm
2018: 112th @ 125yds/gm (+2)
-Passing Offense-
2017: 109th @ 168yds/gm
2018: 96th @ 194yds/gm (+13)
-Total Defense-
2017: 91st @ 431yds/gm
2018: 60th @ 395yds/gm (+31)
-Rushing Defense-
2017: 127th @ 263yds/gm
2018: 51st @ 158yds/gm (+76)