Tennessee’s 2022 regular-season schedule featured home games against Ball State (W, 59-10), Akron (W, 63-6), Florida (W, 38-33), Alabama (W, 52-49), UT Martin (W, 65-24), Kentucky (W, 44-6) and Missouri (W, 66-24).
The Vols’ 2022 schedule featured road contests at Pittsburgh (W, 34-27 OT) in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU (W, 40-13), Georgia (L, 27-13), South Carolina (L, 63-38) and Vanderbilt (W, 56-0).
The College Football Playoff released its latest top 25 rankings on Tuesday following Week 13.
Tennessee is ranked No. 7 behind No. 6 Alabama (10-2, 6-2 SEC) despite defeating the Crimson Tide.
Following the latest College Football Playoff top 25 rankings, Boo Corrigan, selection committee chair of the College Football Playoff, met with media.
Corrigan’s discussion of Tennessee’s ranking behind Alabama is listed below from a transcript provided by the College Football Playoff.