Tennessee won’t be in action this weekend, missing out on the SEC Championship Game with a late-season loss to Georgia. However, there’s still plenty of interest — more than usual (obviously) with just a handful of game to settle the College Football Playoff bracket.
The Volunteers are locks to make the inaugural 12-team field, moving up to No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings this week. That number placed Tennessee as the No. 9 seed, sliding in just behind Ohio State. Both the AP poll and the Coaches Poll disagreed with the rankings, placing Tennessee ahead of Ohio State.