I thought she had acceptances from Western Mich and Mich Tech? Are neither desirable or affordable?
There’s been many good suggestions so far…have any appealed to her? Did she receive any communication from UTK about this ‘glitch’? Her HS counselor can also contact UTK and get feedback on the deferral, but obviously that won’t happen until early Jan.
It’s not clear to me that she has three years of science, ideally lab science. Does she? The online physics may be an issue for some schools.
I would look at U Cincinnati and Louisville too.