Which 40-point offense deserves the last playoff spot? No. 5 Tennessee is the answer, at least for now.
The Vols are back in the CFP in Sporting News Week 12 bowl projection. Tennessee leads the FBS with 47.4 points per game, and that will be part of the reason they are the most-attractive one-loss team at the end of the deliberations.
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All four unbeaten teams have 40-point offenses, too. No. 1 Georgia (40.6), No. 2 Ohio State (46.8), No. 3 Michigan (41.4) and No. 4 TCU (40.5) can score. Two other one-loss contenders – No. 7 USC (42.4) and No. 13 North Carolina (40.1) fit that description, too.
If the debate comes down to Tennessee, the Michigan-Ohio State loser, USC and North Carolina, the team with the best offense will be a talking point. Right now, that is the Vols.
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SN has the Bulldogs and Vols in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and Ohio State and TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. No. 17 UCF and No. 19 Kansas State moved into our New Year’s Day Six picks.
The College Football Playoff semifinals will be on Dec. 31 this season. Those semifinals will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff championship game is on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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