College Football Rankings: Tennessee's Path to the Top 12

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00:00Alabama, the AP had him at 13 in their new poll yesterday.

00:05They dropped Ole Miss all the way down to 15.

00:06Ole Miss is finished.

00:07I don't think Ole Miss has any shot.

00:09We were just talking about it.

00:10Tennessee's nine and two.

00:11They're gonna play Vandy this week in Nashville.

00:15They're gonna get, they win.

00:16Now, Vandy, they've won some games this year though,

00:20obviously.

00:21They beat Alabama there,

00:22so I don't think that we could just say,

00:24you know, I think we saw that's a win, that's a win.

00:27I don't know if we could do that necessarily

00:29with them, but if they won and they got to 10 and two,

00:34is Tennessee in?

00:35Because they're not gonna play in the SEC title game.

00:36Are they in at 10 and two?

00:38They're gonna be one of the 12.

00:40To me, that's the wild card here.

00:43What does the committee, how do they view Tennessee here?

00:49Are they gonna be punished for the loss to Georgia?

00:53Are they, I mean, they're not gonna get any points

00:55for beating UTEP last week, I get it.

00:57But they do have a pretty tough game

00:59against Vanderbilt still this week.

01:02And if they only finish with two losses,

01:05we already know Georgia's in, right?

01:07So why not Tennessee?

01:12Well, Georgia plays Georgia Tech Friday night.

01:16Yes, they should win.

01:17We're gonna go under the assumption they should win

01:20and it'll be 10 and two.

01:22They're gonna be in that situation

01:23that Kiffin talked about last week.

01:25They're gonna play in the SEC title game.

01:28And if they lose, they get a third loss.

01:32Are they, is their third loss?

01:34Because it's the SEC title game better than,

01:36I mean, I think it would be

01:37because it would be to potentially Texas

01:40than the Alabama three losses.

01:43You know, it's just, it's,

01:44they're gonna have a lot of very tough decisions, Joe.

01:47And I said this to you too.

01:49Miami and SMU, I think,

01:51will both be in the 12 tomorrow night.

01:54They're gonna potentially, not potentially,

01:56they're gonna play if Miami wins this week

01:58in the ACC title game.

01:59SMU's already there.

02:00Is the loser of the Miami SMU game gonna get pushed down

02:04and the non-playing three loss SEC team jump them?

02:08Does that happen?

02:10Well, that could very well happen there.

02:13Again, depending on how they view the ACC.

02:17Again, you look at SMU's schedule here

02:20and you look at Miami's schedule.

02:21And Miami, I mean, granted they, you know,

02:25the loss was bad,

02:26but they haven't really had that big time signature win

02:30because they didn't have to play Clemson this year, right?

02:34But Miami is in, I think, in win mode, right?

02:37So if they beat Syracuse this week, they're in.

02:40SMU, for the most part,

02:42has already punched that ticket

02:45to the ACC championship, right?

02:47They're already in.

02:48They're in.

02:49So Clemson has already done it seven and one.

02:52They only get the spot if Miami loses, right?

02:55That's it.

02:55Right, now SMU is in the title game

02:58no matter what they do against Cal this week.

03:01Their thing is if they lost to Cal,

03:04they're gonna lose that potential gas

03:06of losing the ACC title game and not getting in.

03:09That will be out of the window for them.

03:11They'll still have a chance for the auto

03:12because they're playing Miami.

03:14But that, you know, right now the book has SMU

03:16minus 152 to the yes, plus 124 to the no.

03:21Coinflip, really, for SMU.

03:23Coinflip, yep.

03:24They have Miami at minus 260 and the no plus 205.

03:30I think Miami would get in if they lost to SMU in the 12th.

03:34I think they'd put Miami in.

03:36And how did they lose?

03:38I think that's the big question.

03:39How does that game go?

03:41Is there 100 points?

03:42Is it 60 to 57?

03:45Right, if it's a blowout one way or the other,

03:47I think that's the one thing that could change

03:51the outcome of the committee.

03:52But don't forget, they're also,

03:53the committee isn't necessarily about most deserving

03:57versus, they're about what makes the most money, right?

04:01That's why we have a 12 team playoff, Carver, is it not?

04:04So when push comes to shove,

04:06I don't care that you have an extra loss.

04:08Can I count on you making all of us a lot more money

04:12by playing on a signature event in prime time on,

04:16you know, ABC?

04:18And if the answer is it comes down

04:19between Alabama or Indiana,

04:22who do you think the committee's gonna vote for?

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