Tennessee is almost a lock to make the College Football Playoff if it can win its five remaining games, but that’s a tall order. Let's explain.

Josh Heupel and Tennessee football dropped in the US LBM Coaches Poll a Week 8 loss to Alabama. Here are the complete polls.

Vols' head coach Josh Heupel enters the Tennessee-Kentucky football game with a 4-0 record against the Wildcats. Tennessee's last loss at Kentucky was on Oct. 28, 2017. Kentucky's last win in the series was on Oct. 17, 2020 at Neyland Stadium. Mark Stoops is 2-10 versus Tennessee as Kentucky's head coach since 2013.

After 8 weeks of the college football season, these are the power rankings in the SEC. 1. Alabama Oct 18, 2025; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Germie Bernard (5) runs with the ball in the third quarter against the Tennessee Volunteers at Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Vitello stunned the college baseball world with his recent decision to depart Knoxville, pokes some fun at Kiffin in goodbye statement.

Alabama football remains firmly in the College Football Playoff contender conversation. In its fourth-straight top-15 matchup against an SEC opponent, the now- No. 4 Crimson Tide rolled over Tennessee 37-20, securing revenge from its 2024 "Third Saturday in October" road loss.

In recent years, Week 9 of the college football season has been good at shutting down fun upstart stories -- or at least severely wounding them. Think of unranked Wisconsin pummeling No. 9 Iowa, Mississippi State upsetting No.