Ohio State built arguably college football's best roster to win the national title. We examined its template to see if Tennessee could follow it.

Sam Pendleton started seven games in the 2024 season for Notre Dame and entered the portal after the CFP title game. Here's what he brings to Vols.

Former Notre Dame offensive tackle Sam Pendleton commits to Tennessee from the college football transfer portal

Tennessee football reached the College Football Playoff in 2024 before falling to eventual national champion Ohio State and finishing 10-3.

Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava has been ranked inside the top five for the 2025 college football season.

Tennessee has offered many talented recruits as of late including Zykee Scott. Scott is a 2027 linebacker from LaSalle College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) who has been highly recruited by many schools including Penn State who is pursuing the talented athlete hard. Scott caught up with Tennessee on SI following the offer.

It's never too early to look ahead to the 2025 college football season, especially since Ohio State's victory against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship officially brought the 2024 campaign to an end this past week.

This season should be celebrated as head coach Josh Heupel appears to be guiding the program in the right direction. This year marks the third consecutive year he has led Tennessee to nine or more wins, a feat the team had not accomplished since 1995, when it achieved it for five straight years.

Tennessee football ended up losing to the eventual national champs in the first round, here is where the Vols are ranked in the final poll. The Associated Press

The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.

The Tennessee Volunteers are expected to be right back into the mix based on the 2025 national championship odds.

Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.