No. 11 Tennessee (9-2, 5-2 SEC) will play at Vanderbilt (5-6, 2-5 SEC) Saturday in Week 13.
The in-state contest is the regular-season finale for both teams.
Second-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel met with media Monday and previewed the Vols’ Week 13 matchup.
“Just looking backwards, we’re obviously disappointed with the outcome,” Heupel said. “Everybody inside our program was. You can still feel it a little bit from the guys today as we started, as they came into the building. We got a chance to watch the tape with them. It was an opportunity to learn and grow. I told the guys that we have to cut that one off and move forward as soon as we got out of the team meeting.
“We had an opportunity to get out on the grass with them a little bit, move them around, and we’ll see them later today. We’re looking forward to competing. This is a big game. It’s one of the games that’s circled by a big portion of our fanbase. It’s obviously an in-state game. It’s important that we go finish this off the right way. We still have a lot of things that we’re playing for. First and foremost, this is just our next opportunity to go play together, so we’re looking forward to that opportunity.”
Heupel’s continued preview of Tennessee-Vanderbilt game week is listed below from a transcript provided by the University of Tennessee.