As expected, Tennessee fell out of the projected College Football Playoff bracket on Tuesday night. The Volunteers dropped to No. 11 in the rankings, which would be the first at-large team out with the Big 12 and group of five champions receiving auto-bids despite being ranked behind Tennessee.
Tennessee fell to Georgia on Saturday night, which allowed the Bulldogs to push forward and receive the final projected at-large bid as the 10th ranked team. Following the reveal, College Football Playoff Chair Warde Manuel spoke to the media a bit about Tennessee’s drop.
“Well, one, they just had a loss to Georgia, and they had the loss at Arkansas,” Manuel said.