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The Tennessee Vols can win every football game on their schedule except _____ and _____.
Easy, right?
Those answers haven’t changed since last season’s College Football Championship ended with UT watching fellow Southeastern Conference brothers Georgia and Alabama playing for a national title ultimately won by UGA.
From that point forward, the overwhelming belief has been that both within the SEC and throughout the country — with the very possible exception of Ohio State — everyone else is playing for third.