26, 1977. Tennessee (10-2) is the No. 9 seed in the College Football Playoff. The Vols played against No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2) in the final first-round game of the day, with kickoff at 8 p.m ...

Sampson also set single-season program records for rushing touchdowns (22 ... for the Vols in the College Football Playoff first-round game at Ohio State on December 21, helped Tennessee average ...

The Tennessee Volunteers made college ... history again by making the first 12-team College Football Playoff, where their goal now is to win four games in four different parts of the country.