Tennessee projected to make 12-team College Football Playoff field for 2025 season
Tennessee's 2025 football season will kick off Aug. 30 against Syracuse. The season opener between the Vols and Orange is slated for noon EDT (ABC) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tennessee enters the 2025 campaign with the tenth best odds to make the 12-team College Football Playoff, according to ESPN Football Power Index rankings.
ESPN FPI gives the Vols a 38.5 percent chance in making the 12-team playoff field for the 2025 season. Texas has the best odds to make the College Football Playoff (83.9 percent), while Georgia (78.6), Ohio State (70.6), Alabama (66.2) and Penn State (63.8) are top five for percentage chances to play for a national championship.
Oregon (57.5), Clemson (47.3), Miami (46.3), Notre Dame (45.6), Tennessee (38.5), Texas A&M (34.3) and Ole Miss (30.7) are teams ranked No. 6-12, respectively by ESPN FPI to make the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Tennessee competed in its first College Football Playoff last season, losing at Ohio State in the first round.
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