TAM ranking 2012

Week 6 TAM Football Rankings: No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown

It is showdown Saturday for our TAM teams as No. 1 in the TAM rankings faces off against No. 2. Mississippi State gets their first test of the year when the Volunteers come to town on Saturday, and this is sure to be a game for the ages. More importantly, thanks to an unfortunate butt chugging story in Knoxville, Davis Wade Stadium will be home to the best signs and t-shirts in the college football world on Saturday (click here to order your own butt chugger t-shirts). Vanderbilt moved up two spots this week, and they get their third chance to try and beat a top 10 team when the No. 5 Florida Gators come to Nashville . MTSU was unable to build on their momentum after the Georgia Tech victory, but they should right the ship against Florida International. Ole Miss lost a hard fought contest to Texas A&M and are still trying to snap their 16 game SEC losing streak. Arkansas State looks to keep their Sun Belt Championship hopes alive this week when they take on South Alabama . Arkansas finally won a game to stop their three week tail spin into oblivion, and Memphis got their first win of the year over Rice. The only winless TAM team is Southern Mississippi, who will try to rebound after an embarrassing 26 point beat down by Boise State.

The Mid-South is full of fans with allegiances to different area college football programs. Which FBS program in the three states surrounding the Memphis area is the best? To help end some arguments and start others, every week MemphiSport ranks all the college football teams in Tennessee , Arkansas and Mississippi . We call it the TAMs Rankings.

1. Mississippi State (5-0): Last week No. 1
Last Game: W 27-14 vs. Kentucky @ Commonwealth Stadium
Next Game: vs. Tennessee @ Davis Wade Stadium
Best Win: 28-10 vs. Auburn @ Davis Wade Stadium
Worst Loss: N/A
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

2. Tennessee (3-2): Last week No. 2
Last Game: L 47-26 vs. Georgia @ Sanford Stadium
Next Game: vs. Mississippi State @ Davis Wade Stadium
Best Win: 35-21 vs. North Carolina State @ Georgia Dome
Worst Loss: L 37-20 Florida @ Neyland Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

3. Vanderbilt (2-3): Last week No. 5
Last Game: W 19-15 vs. Missouri @ Faurot Field
Next Game: vs. Florida @ Vanderbilt Stadium
Best Win: W 58-0 Presbyterian @ Vanderbilt Stadium
Worst Loss: 48-3 Georgia @ Sanford Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

4. MTSU (3-2): Last week No. 3
Last Game: L 31-17 vs. Louisiana Monroe @ Floyd Stadium
Next Game: vs. Florida International @ FIU Stadium
Best Win: 49-28 vs. Georgia Tech @ Bobby Dodd Stadium
Worst Loss: 27-21 vs. McNeese State @ Floyd Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: 1 ( Memphis )
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

5. Ole Miss (3-3): Last week No. 4
Last Game: L 30-27 vs. Texas A&M @ Vaught–Hemmingway Stadium
Next Game: vs. Auburn @ Vaught–Hemmingway Stadium
Best Win: 39-0 Tulane @ Superdome
Worst Loss: L 66-31 Texas @ Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

6. Arkansas State (3-3): Last week No. 5
Last Game: W 34-20 vs. Florida International @ FIU Stadium
Next Game: vs. South Alabama @ Liberty Bank Stadium
Best Win: 33-28 vs. Memphis @ Liberty Bank Stadium
Worst Loss: 26-13 vs. Western Kentucky @ Liberty Bank Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: 1 ( Memphis )
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

7. Arkansas (2-4): Last week No. 7
Last Game: W 24-7 vs. Auburn @ Jordan-Hare Stadium
Next Game: vs. Kentucky @ Razorback Stadium
Best Win: 24-7 vs. Auburn @ Jordan-Hare Stadium
Worst Loss: 52-0 vs. Alabama @ Razorback Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

8. Memphis (1-4): Last week No. 9
Last Game: W 14-10 vs. Rice @ Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Next Game: vs. East Carolina @ Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
Best Win: 14-10 vs. Rice @ Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Worst Loss: 20-17 vs. UT-Martin @ Liberty Bowl
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: 2 ( Arkansas State and MTSU)

9. Southern Mississippi (0-5): Last week No. 8
Last Game: L 40-14 Boise State @ M.M. Roberts Stadium
Next Game: vs. UCF @ BH Networks Stadium
Best Win: N/A
Worst Loss: 40-14 Boise State @ M.M. Roberts Stadium
Wins Against TAM Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAM Teams: N/A

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CJ Hurt covers college football for MemphiSport. Follow him @churtj09 for live tweets from different college football games throughout the Mid-South.

Week 2 TAM Football Rankings: Arkansas falls, so who is No. 1?

Finally, after weeks of TAM rankings we get a new number one team. That is all thanks to the Razorbacks’ embarrassing home loss to Louisiana Monroe. Several fourth down conversions led to the Razorbacks’ demise and to make matters worse, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation is coming to town and Arkansas might be without 1^st team All SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson. The new No. 1 team in our TAM rankings is Tennessee who will face a pretty tough opponent of their own when No. 18 Florida comes to Rocky Top this week. Mississippi State finally gave Dan Mullin his first SEC West win over a team other than Ole Miss this past Saturday when the Bulldogs beat Auburn. Ole Miss has already matched their win total from last year, but the thought that they are an improved team may be fools gold. We will find out Saturday after they play host to the No. 14 Texas Longhorns. Southern Miss had an early bye week and Vanderbilt lost to Northwestern. Our two Sun Belt TAM teams rebounded nicely this week, as Arkansas State came back in the fourth quarter to beat Memphis. While MTSU grabbed a much needed conference win against Florida Atlantic and a spot in our game of the week. The other team in our game of the week is Memphis who is still searching for their first win of the year. MTSU and Memphis are never too far from the bottom in our rankings, and this game may decide who the worst team in the TAM rankings is this year.

The Mid-South is full of fans with allegiances to different area college football programs. Which FBS program in the three states surrounding the Memphis area is the best? To help end some arguments and start others, every week MemphiSport ranks all the college football teams in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi . We call it the TAM Rankings.

1. Tennessee (2-0):
Last Game: W 51-13 vs. Georgia State @ Neyland Stadium
Next Game: vs. Florida @ Neyland Stadium
Best Win: 35-21 vs. North Carolina State @ Georgia Dome
Worst Loss: N/A
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

2. Mississippi State (2-0):
Last Game: W 28-10 vs. Auburn @ Davis Wade Stadium
Next Game: vs. Troy @ Movie Gallery Veterans Stadium
Best Win: 28-10 vs. Auburn @ Davis Wade Stadium
Worst Loss: N/A
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

3. Ole Miss (2-0):
Last Game: W 28-10 vs. UTEP @ Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
Next Game: vs. Texas @ Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
Best Win: 28-10 vs. UTEP @ Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium
Worst Loss: N/A
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

4. Arkansas (1-1):
Last Game: L 34-31 vs. Louisiana Monroe @ Little Rock Arkansas
Next Game: vs. Alabama @ Razorback Stadium
Best Win: 49-24 vs. Jacksonville State @ Little Rock Arkansas
Worst Loss: 34-31 Louisiana Monroe @ Little Rock Arkansas
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

5. Arkansas State (1-1):
Last Game: W 33-28 vs. Memphis @ ASU Stadium
Next Game: vs. Nebraska @ Memorial Stadium
Best Win: 33-28 vs. Memphis @ ASU Stadium
Worst Loss: 57-34 vs. Oregon @ Autzen Stadium
Wins Against TAMs Teams: 1 (Memphis)
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

6. Vanderbilt (0-2):
Last Game: L 23-13 vs. Northwestern @ Ryan Field
Next Game: vs. Presbyterian @ Vanderbilt Stadium
Best Win: N/A
Worst Loss: 23-13 vs. Northwestern @ Ryan Field
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

T7. MTSU (1-1):
Last Game: W 31-17 vs. Florida Atlantic @ Floyd Stadium
Next Game: vs. Memphis @ Liberty Bowl
Best Win: 31-17 vs. Florida Atlantic @ Floyd Stadium
Worst Loss: 27-21 vs. McNeese State @ Floyd Stadium
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

T7. Southern Mississippi (0-1):
Last Game: L 49-20 vs. Nebraska @ Memorial Stadium
Next Game: vs. East Carolina @ M.M. Roberts Stadium
Best Win: N/A
Worst Loss: 49-20 vs. Nebraska @ Memorial Stadium
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: N/A

9. Memphis (0-2):
Last Game: L 33-28 vs. Arkansas State @ ASU Stadium
Next Game: vs. MTSU @ Liberty Bowl
Best Win: N/A
Worst Loss: 20-17 vs. UT-Martin @ Liberty Bowl
Wins Against TAMs Teams: N/A
Losses Against TAMs Teams: 1 (ArkansasState)

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CJ Hurt covers college football for MemphiSport. If you think your favorite TAM team is too low (or even too high) in the rankings tweet him @churtj09 and let himn know. Also, follow him for live tweets from college football games throughout the Mid-South.