The latest College Football Playoff predictions from The Athletic's Stewart Mandel have the Tennessee Vols hosting an SEC rival in the first round. Mandel has Tennessee as the No. 8 seed in his latest predictions.

The OU football team will host Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Here are score predictions from The Oklahoman and other experts.

Dan Mullen insists foresight was 20/20. Fired with time left in the 2021 season, Mullen revealed this week that he urged Florida athletics director Scott Stricklin to go raid a rival SEC program. Namely,

It might be too late now for Dan Mullen’s suggestion to work, but the ex-Florida head coach presented an idea to Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin after getting fired in 2021. He wanted the Gators to get Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss — where he was just finishing a 10-3 campaign — as his replacement,

The former Florida coach revealed a conversation about his replacement he had with Florida administrators after they let him go.