The Tennessee Vols now know the mission on Saturday: beat the Vanderbilt Commodores, and they will lock up a spot in the college football playoff for the first time in program history.
Tennessee moved up three spots from 11 to 8 in the new rankings released on Tuesday night after defeating UTEP 56-0 on Saturday and seeing a host of teams above them lose.
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Did your team make the cut? pic.twitter.com/ZllfR51pys— ESPN (@espn) November 27, 2024THE UPDATED CFP TOP 25 HAS DROPPED pic.