Tennessee has now lost its most recent game against *every other team in the SEC*

Which of these two things is worse?

Being a 10-point underdog to the 2017 version of the Missouri Tigers is certainly not ideal (that line was up to 13).

By way more than 13 points. By 33, in fact, 50-17.

A quick rundown of Tennessee’s schedules over the last few years confirms that the Vols now have lost their last game against all 13 of their fellow citizens in the SEC. That feels impossible, but it’s real.

It primarily points to how much Tennessee has cratered under Jones since starting the 2016 season 5-0. That was the Vols’ record after Jauan Jennings caught a Hail Mary at the buzzer to beat Georgia in Athens. They were ranked ninth in the AP Poll when they visited Texas A&M the following week, on Oct. 8, 2016.

UT lost that game in College Station. It finished the season on a 2-4 run in SEC play, and it’s run that drought to 2-9 by starting this year 0-5 in the league.

He had to beat Kentucky in Week 9 to save his job for the long haul, and he didn’t. A win over mid-major Southern Miss last weekend — after an effort by Vols fans to boycott the game and force his firing — won’t move the needle at all.

That game included Jones oddly burning a QB’s redshirt, which seems like the kind of thing a coach would do when he’s fairly certain he’s not long for a given job.

Reaching simultaneous losing streaks against 13 other SEC teams is humiliating, even if it’s be trivial amid all the Vols’ problems. It’s still a fitting milestone.