Tennessee’s climb in the polls continues.
The Vols’ parlayed their latest triumph — a 25-15 win at Oklahoma Saturday night — into a jump in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Sunday, moving up one spot to No. 5.
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Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) leaned on its defense and a couple of big plays offensively to stay unbeaten and win its conference opener on the road at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
The Vols have surged in the polls since starting the season at No. 15. They climbed seven spots after beating NC State convincingly in week 2 and jumped one spot ahead of its first test away from Knoxville.
Tennessee is the fourth highest ranked SEC team after week 4, behind No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia and No 4 Alabama.
Alabama and Georgia, which held their spot in the rankings after being idle on Saturday, will play next week in Tuscaloosa.
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Tennessee will have its own bye week next Saturday, the first of two this season before going back on the road to face Arkansas (3-1, 1-0) at Reynolds-Razorback Memorial Stadium on Oct. 5.
A kickoff time and TV designation will be announced later this week.
The Razorbacks, coming off of a 24-14 road win at Auburn, will play Texas A&M at AT&T Stadium in Dallas this Saturday.
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