The Tennessee Volunteers were inactive on Saturday, as this was their annual bye week , as they had played eight straight games without a break, which meant that the much-needed break was finally in place. The Vols had the bye week ahead of their game on Saturday, which is set to be against the Kentucky Wildcats , who are led by first-year head coach Will Stein, who was the former offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks.

Stein and his Wildcats team were just one of the many teams in the SEC that joined Tennessee in the bye week, which means that there weren't many changes in the rankings for some of these teams.

However, seven top 25 teams were defeated on Saturday , which left some room for growth for some of these SEC teams and, of course, some of the teams on the outside looking in. Only one team in front of the Tennessee Volunteers was defeated, as the Ohio State Buckeyes (previously ranked No. 2 on Saturday) were defeated by the unranked USC Trojans by a score of 30-18.…