The Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs are first and third in the College Football Playoff Rankings.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Just days ahead of the mammoth NCAA tilt featuring the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs, they came out Tuesday with those two SEC squads ranked first and third.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But for now, the CFP people should celebrate the fact No. 1 Tennessee and No. 3 Georgia are set to clash in a rare regular-season battle of such magnitude Saturday afternoon in Athens, Ga. .This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Frankly, we’re surprised the goal-posts are still upright — and not floating down-river — in Knoxville.
“Didn’t know where we would be ranked, but I talked to the kids early on Monday,” Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel told reporters. “Those are great for the fans to be excited about and pay attention to. As a program, you work to put yourself in a position to be highly thought of. End of the day, as a competitor, it is all about the next one. We are only as good as our next performance, so just prepare the right way and get ready to go play hard.
Coming not long after the program’s long-sought-after upset of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the battle with the defending champion Bulldogs ranks, indeed, as another hard test for Heupel and the Volunteers.Article contentAnd if they can see that out, the Vols will slot themselves in the CFP, no matter what happens the rest of the way. It would be their automatic just reward for having beaten two of the nation’s powerhouse teams.
And you still get the feeling No. 6 Alabama will play a role in deciding the SEC and which two of the top conference’s teams will find their way into the top four of the CFP’s season-ending rankings.Article contentHere’s another reason not to get overly excited about the CFP’s first top-four of the season —CollegeFootballNews.com’s Pete Fiutak reminded us Tuesday when he tweeted that “The first ever top four was MSU, Florida State, Auburn and Ole Miss . Only FSU made the CFP.
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