What a tangled web the College Football Playoff selection committee has to unweave as it debates and reveals its latest top 25 rankings and bracket projection c

The Vols are safely in the Playoff, may even get a home game, and they have a week off to start preparing. They will be playing with house money: They were not one of the SEC’s top four or even five most likely picks to make the Playoff.

There were some major games involving SEC programs in Week 14. Here's where SEC teams landed in the updated Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 for Week 15:

College Football Playoff top 25 rankings and bracket seeding will be announced on Tuesday following the conclusion of the 2024 regular-season. Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) ended its regular-season with an in-state win at Vanderbilt.

The College Football Playoff field is mostly set. The bubble isn’t very big, but the central debate heading into the conference championship games seems clear: Will the committee elect to place three-loss Alabama into the field ahead of two-loss Miami — or even SMU if the Mustangs lose the ACC title game against Clemson?

Outside of Oregon (the only undefeated team in the country) and Notre Dame (on a 10-game winning streak and not playing this weekend) there are very few sure things. In between, a slate of six conference title games will shape the template for the 13 members of the CFP selection committee.

The final College Football Playoff rankings come out Dec. 8, and we have predictions on where Georgia will land. Here’s what to know.