The big, bad SEC suddenly looks human again.
No. 5 Tennessee, a team that had made the entire playoff picture more interesting with its potential to unseat a Power 5 conference champion on Selection Day without even winning its division, is done. Kaput. An afterthought in the playoff race after its embarrassing 63-38 loss to unranked, four-loss South Carolina.
With Tennessee joining Alabama -- Alabama! -- in the two-loss club and out of the SEC championship, the likelihood of the conference having multiple teams finish in the top four has drastically diminished.