The Volunteers blew another lead because of key mistakes -- and now Tennessee is forced to focus on the future

The Tennessee Volunteers played one of their more important games of the college football season on Saturday night, as they played one of their more important a

Neyland Stadium is at the middle of the college football landscape on Saturday night, with No. 18 Oklahoma visiting No. 14 Tennessee in a de facto College Football Playoff elimination game. Both touting 6-2 records,

Tennessee is also ranked No. 17 in the AP Top 25. Tennessee (5-2, 2-2 SEC) plays Kentucky (2-4, 0-4) on Oct. 25 (7:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network) at Kroger Field in Lexington. Here are the updated college football Top 25 polls.

Pat Forde has both programs on the outside looking in of his current playoff projections. Oklahoma is included in his list of teams that could have the most significant impact on the playoff race going forward, though, with three of their four remaining games coming against other CFP hopefuls.

You can tune into the Oklahoma vs. Tennessee game on ABC as part of ESPN on ABC and on ESPN3. ABC and ESPN3 are available on streaming platforms, including DirecTV and Fubo, but for the most comprehensive college football coverage, you can also watch this game and hundreds more this season on the ESPN App with an ESPN unlimited subscription.

He blossomed into one of the nation’s elite assistant coaches. Tennessee has hit at least 100 homers in four straight seasons. It hit 184 when it won the College World Series, the second-most in a season in NCAA history behind 1997 LSU which hit 188.

The Tennessee Volunteers' College Football Playoff chances are, at very best, on life support after a disappointing 33-27 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night at Neyland Stadium. At that's probably being a cockeye optimist at this point.