Josh Heupel is unbothered by Tennessee football's placement in the penultimate CFP rankings. "If you are not of the mindset going into this thing of anyone, anywhere, anytime, then you are just there to have a cup of coffee anyways," Heupel said Wednesday.

Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel was asked about his thoughts on where UT is ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings this week and he offered a response that will get fans on Rocky Top fired up.

The Tennessee Volunteers won’t be playing in the SEC Championship Game. Still, based on where the Volunteers stand in the rankings and how teams around them stack up, it’s pretty clear that head coach Josh Heupel has likely secured a spot in the College Football Playoff for Tennessee.

The only question remaining about Tennessee's fourth-year coach Jos Heupel: How will he fare in the College Football Playoff?

Josh Heupel is ready to take his Tennessee Football team wherever he has to in the College Football Playoff. According to the head coach, that’s the only way you can approach the new 12-team postseason.

The Tennessee Vols are playoff bound after taking care of business against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday in Nashville. Tennessee's 36-23 win against the Commodores -- a game in which UT erased a 14 point deficit -- essentially locked up a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff.