Here’s a comparison of two teams’ résumés from 2000-16:

Team A: 129-86, 12 bowl appearances, three division titles.

Team B: 125-89, 10 bowl appearances, four division titles.

The résumés are nearly identical over that span of 17 seasons.

Team A is Tennessee.

Team B is the Vols’ next opponent, Missouri.

Even this year, the résumés are similar, with both teams entering Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network) at 4-5. Tennessee is 0-5 in SEC play; Missouri is 1-4.

If Tennessee were to part ways with fifth-year coach Butch Jones, as many expect to happen, it surely would sell itself to coaching candidates as an elite program where a coach could win championships.

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However, since the start of this millennium, Tennessee’s performance has been much closer to that of Missouri – a respectable program, but not one most would consider elite – than, say, Alabama, LSU or Ohio State.

Since joining the SEC in 2012, Missouri has won the East Division two times and holds a 3-2 record against Tennessee.

2000s brought change for both programs

Go back to the 1990s, and there was a marked difference between Tennessee and Missouri. The '90s were glory days for the Vols. UT averaged 9.9 wins per season during the decade, highlighted by the 1998 team that won the national championship.

Conversely, Missouri’s program turned for the worse in the mid 1980s, a trend that continued during the 1990s. The Tigers had just two winning seasons during the '90s, averaging 4.3 wins per season during the decade.

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Missouri made a coaching change after the 2000 season that helped spark the program, hiring Gary Pinkel from Toledo. Pinkel became the winningest coach in program history. He ushered in an era of respectability that, at times, produced high-performing teams during his 15-year tenure that ended after the 2015 season.

Missouri’s 2007 team, which won 12 games, needed only a win in the Big 12 Championship to reach the national title game. That means Missouri has come closer to a national title appearance this millennium than Tennessee.

The Vols started the 2000s well enough, with four double-digit-win seasons under Phillip Fulmer this millennium before the Fulmer era ended with a 5-7 campaign in 2008.

The Vols haven’t reached double digits in wins since 2007. Jones is the third coach since Fulmer.

Although résumés are similar, other aspects aren’t

Where Tennessee separates itself from Missouri is off the field.

UT’s football program was responsible for $107.1 million in revenue for the 2015-16 fiscal year, according to the U.S. Department of Education Equity in Athletics database. Comparatively, Missouri’s program brought in $30.4 million, according to the database.

The Vols have grander facilities than the Tigers, including a larger stadium. Neyland Stadium seats 102,455. Missouri’s Faurot Field seats 71,168.

Although Pinkel’s final contract paid him more than $4 million, his replacement, Barry Odom, ranks 13th in the SEC with an annual salary of $2.35 million. Jones is seventh at $4.11 million. Jones’ staff has more money allocated to it, too.

The Vols bring in a higher level of talent, too – at least according to recruiting services.

Since 2000, Missouri has had only one recruiting class – the 2008 class – outrank Tennessee’s for the matching year, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

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Tennessee’s recruiting classes from 2000-17 had an average 247Sports Composite national ranking of 11.9. Missouri’s average class ranking during that span was 35.6.

In other words, Tennessee and Missouri have achieved about the same level of success since 2000 because the Vols do less with more.