Tennessee enters the 2018 season with minimal expectations, many prognosticators and analysts predicting the Vols will do well to reach a bowl game.

ESPN's Football Power Index has Tennessee coming up just short of the six-win mark during its debut season under Jeremy Pruitt.

What is the FPI, you ask? ESPN developed the prediction- and outcome-based system in 2013, and it uses efficiency ratings on offense, defense and special teams to project how many points a team will score on a neutral field against an average Football Bowl Subdivision opponent. Each team is ranked by how many points above or below average they are based on 10,000 simulations.

Preseason FPI ratings consist of four components: Prior performance from the previous four seasons with the most recent carrying the most weight; returning starters on offense and defense, with added weight given to returning quarterbacks or transfer quarterbacks with experience; recruiting rankings as a talent-composition tool; and coaching tenure.

Going into last season, FPI's preseason predictions were 72 percent accurate dating back to 2005.

So which games does ESPN's FPI have the Vols winning and losing? Let's take a look at how the FPI breaks down Tennessee's 2018 schedule.

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