Teams seeded No. 1 to No. 8 get a bye and a home playoff game. Teams seeded No. 9 to No. 16 each open the tournament with a home playoff game. Teams seeded No. 17 to No. 24 each must play on the road twice to advance to the neutral site quarterfinals.

The No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers face the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky.

The SEC and Big Ten both offered "College GameDay" an appetizing option or two for its Week 10 destination. In the SEC, the Oklahoma Sooners are in Knoxville to face the Tennessee Volunteers in a de facto College Football Playoff elimination game at Neyland Stadium (6:30 p.m. CT, ABC).

One of the oldest rivalries in college football will be revived on Saturday as Kentucky (2-4) hosts No. 17 Tennessee (5-2).

Defensive end Dominic Bailey summed up the biggest problem on Tennessee's struggling defense: "Our tackling has been terrible." Can the Vols fix it?

Joey Aguilar and Tennessee's offense probably can score 50 points in a given game. But would that be enough to compensate for the defensive issues?