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The Vols have a history of playing in some high profile non-conference regular season games. Whether it was playing Southern Cal in the early 1980s, the Cal Golden Bears in the mid 2000s, Oregon and Oklahoma in the last half decade, or Notre Dame in multiple decades, the Vols have always played tough non-conference schools in the regular season.
And that doesn’t look to change in the near future.
Tennessee has the Battle at Bristol game against Virginia Tech in the upcoming 2016 season, Georgia Tech in 2017, and West Virginia in 2018. But there are a few teams Vol fans have wanted to see Tennessee play for years, and there are some that have emerged recently that would make for intriguing match-ups for the Vols in the near future.
But even if these couldn’t happen in the regular season, seeing them in happen in a bowl game would be just as good. All we want is to see Tennessee play one of these teams soon.
Here are the top ten non-conference match-ups we’d like to see the Vols play in the upcoming seasons.