After multiple major upsets reshaped the college football landscape ahead of the final week of the regular season, the Tennessee Volunteers appear to be on the cusp of securing a spot in the new 12-team playoff format.

The Tennessee Volunteers could be hosting a first round playoff game according to the latest CFP rankings prediction. Chaos broke out across college football l

The latter half of the projected College Football Playoff bracket experienced a major shakeup after the chaos of Week 13. Three teams featured in the previous bracket cycled out of the field after getting upset to bring in a new round of contenders.

Penn State held steady at No. 4 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings that came out Tuesday night, while also remaining at the No. 6 seed in the bracket. Here’s what the latest rankings mean for the Nittany Lions.

The Tennessee Vols now know the mission on Saturday: beat the Vanderbilt Commodores, and they will lock up a spot in the college football playoff for the first time in program history. Tennessee moved up three spots from 11 to 8 in the new rankings released on Tuesday night after defeating UTEP 56-0 on Saturday and seeing a host of teams above them lose.

The expectations are high for Tennessee coach Josh Heupel and QBs Joe Milton and Nico Iamaleava. University of Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman has already said her goal for the year is for the Vols to beat No.