KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The weakness of its last-season schedule has given Tennessee's defense an opportunity to flex its muscles.
Tennessee has allowed a total of eight points over its last two games and is on pace to end the season with its best scoring defense of the post-Phillip Fulmer era. The Volunteers (7-4, 4-3 SEC) are chasing their first five-game winning streak since 2007 on Saturday when they host Vanderbilt, the lowest-scoring Football Bowl Subdivision program.
''It gives us a good idea of where we're at and what we're doing right,'' safety Brian Randolph said.