College football insider reveals what opposing coaches are saying about the Tennessee Vols' offense in 2025

The Tennessee Vols' offense is off to a blazing fast start this season.

Tennessee, which is 3-1 through the first four games of the season, is averaging 53.5 points per game (No. 5 in the nation). Now, that includes some games that weren't very competitive -- wins against East Tennessee State and the UAB Blazers, for example -- but it also includes a performance where the Volunteers put up 41 points against Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs.

That's why, unlike last season, Tennessee's offensive numbers don't seem artificially inflated (the Vols averaged 63.6 points in their first three games last season, and then they averaged just 20.6 points in their first three SEC games).

So far this season, Tennessee's offense feels more like what we saw in 2022 when Hendon Hooker and company had their way with every SEC defense they saw (except for Georgia).

College football insider Chris Low reveals what opposing coaches are saying about the Tennessee Vols' offense in 2025

On3's Chris Low pointed out this week during Rocky Top Insider's The RTI Low-Down that opposing coaches sense that Vols head coach Josh Heupel is running the offense that he "wants to run".

"I talked with two coaches this week, before the UAB game, they had watched and seen tape of the Georgia game," said Low. "And they said this looks like the offense that Josh Heupel wants to run. The kind of offense at the pace he wants to run it. He's using different running backs -- which they always do. And he's got a quarterback who seems very, very comfortable in doing what they're asking him to do."

The offense has certainly been more explosive so far this season with Joey Aguilar under center than it was the last two seasons with Joe Milton and Nico Iamaleava at quarterback.

Heupel admitted last week before the UAB game, during his weekly appearance on The Mike Keith Show, that Tennessee's struggles to create explosive plays last season weren't from a lack of trying.

“Well, we certainly tried last year, too,” said Heupel. “But you know, historically, being able to throw the football vertically down the field has been one of our strong points, and creating explosive plays in the pass game. I think it all plays together, from protection to wide receiver, playing with discipline, winning at the line of scrimmage, going and making plays down the field. And then quarterback certainly being accurate with the ball down the field, too.”

What we've seen from Tennessee so far this season is a reminder that players can't just be plugged into Heupel's offense and automatically produce -- it takes hard work, a deep understanding of the system, and consistent execution. Most importantly, it takes players playing confidently and free. And that's exactly what we've seen from Aguilar and his teammates this season.

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