Patrick Brown Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) About: Patrick Brown has been the University of Tennessee beat writer since January 2011. A native of Memphis, Brown graduated from UT in May of 2010 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism/Electronic Media and worked at the Knoxville News Sentinel for two years on the sports editorial staff and as a freelance contributor covering high school sports and Tennessee sports, including football, basketball, softball and volleyball. While in college, he worked at WUTK, Tennessee's student-run radio station, and interned at WBIR, Knoxville's NBC affiliate. He and his wife, Jordan, the high school math teacher he married in June 2014, live in Knoxville.
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Aug 21, 2016 Pre-Season Rankings for Patrick Brown1 Alabama (33) 14-1 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 33 Voters Lowest: 5 - 5 Voters 1469 Points
2 Clemson (16) 14-1 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 16 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1443 Points
3 Florida State (5) 10-3 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 5 Voters Lowest: 15 - Rob Long 1325 Points
4 Oklahoma (4) 11-2 Actual: 3Highest: 1 - 4 Voters Lowest: 11 - Jon Wilner 1352 Points
5 Ohio State (1) 12-1 Actual: 6Highest: 1 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 12 - Garry Smits 1224 Points
6 Michigan (1) 10-3 Actual: 7Highest: 1 - Scott Wolf Lowest: 14 - Kirk Bohls 1147 Points
7 LSU (1) 9-3 Actual: 5Highest: 1 - Sam McKewon Lowest: 16 - Rob Long 1269 Points
8 Stanford 12-2 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - Sam McKewon 1029 Points
9 Ole Miss 10-3 Actual: 11Highest: 8 - Garland Gillen Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 718 Points
10 Tennessee 9-4 Actual: 9Highest: 2 - Michael Lev Lowest: 23 - Rob Long 1021 Points
11 Notre Dame 10-3 Actual: 10Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: 16 - Mike Barber 1006 Points
12 Houston 13-1 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 644 Points
13 TCU 11-2 Actual: 13Highest: 6 - Rob Long Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 707 Points
14 UCLA 8-5 Actual: 16Highest: 8 - Michael Lev Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 496 Points
15 Michigan State 12-2 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - Rob Long Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 710 Points
16 Washington 7-6 Actual: 14Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 651 Points
17 Georgia 10-3 Actual: 18Highest: 8 - Eric Hansen Lowest: NR - 9 Voters 448 Points
18 USC 8-6 Actual: 20Highest: 8 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - 14 Voters 344 Points
19 North Carolina 11-3 Actual: 22Highest: 13 - Brett McMurphy Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 283 Points
20 Oregon 9-4 Actual: 24Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 19 Voters 218 Points
21 Iowa 12-2 Actual: 17Highest: 8 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: NR - 6 Voters 484 Points
22 Louisville 8-5 Actual: 19Highest: 9 - Jeff Miller Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 447 Points
23 Oklahoma State 10-3 Actual: 21Highest: 11 - Marc Weiszer Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 316 Points
24 Arkansas 8-5 Actual: 35Highest: 22 - Ed Johnson Lowest: NR - 54 Voters 14 Points
25 Washington State 9-4 Actual: 29Highest: 15 - Michael Lev Lowest: NR - 44 Voters 68 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Baylor 25-Florida
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