Before we parachute down into the statistical stratosphere, where numbers rule and can be manipulated to tell various stories depending on your viewpoints, remember that only two of those figures really matter for the Tennessee Volunteers this year.
That would be eight and 25, as in the number of wins for the Vols in coach Butch Jones' third season—a tangible, definitive step forward for the program—and a ranking of 25th in the College Football Playoff, which is a nice little recruiting tool to show progress to prospects.
Both of those numbers will probably make Tennessee fans everywhere smile, albeit wanly.