The Tennessee Volunteers scored a #1 ranking for the first time in school history on Monday following their road win at undefeated Memphis on Saturday.

The Volunteers received 69 out of 72 first place votes.

"The response has been overwhelming here," Tennessee Coach Bruce Pearl said Monday. "The game Saturday, there'll always be a lot of talk of where were you when they beat Memphis to become No. 1? It was that kind of event so it will have some staying power, but for us there will be little staying power because we have to go play at Vanderbilt on Tuesday where they have won 17 straight games."

"The fact that men's basketball was able to get to this point just brings us in line with the other sports here, men's and women's, like softball and track and field. This is the expectation at Tennessee and that you can point to those different sports is why Tennessee is one of the finest athletic programs in the country, and this only adds to that."