SEC Media Days continued on Tuesday with four College Football Playoff hopefuls headlining the event. Texas and Georgia competed in the SEC Championship Game last season, while Tennessee and Auburn believe they have the rosters to make an appearance in Atlanta this year.

Tennessee football stands out in the SEC after Nico Iamaleava's transfer to UCLA created a quarterback competition. Joey Aguilar, an Appalachian State and UCLA transfer, is projected to start.

Tennessee averaged 35.7 points per game last season (good enough to finish as the No. 13 scoring offense in the nation), but that number was a bit misleading. The Vols averaged only 25.0 points per game in SEC play (UT also scored just 17 points in their loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first round of the College Football Playoff).

Tennessee football will open the 2025 season against Syracuse in Atlanta, and it will be previewed by "SEC Nation" live at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Seth Littrell will coach alongside Josh Heupel in 2025. He joined Tennessee's coaching staff as an offensive analyst ahead of spring practices. Littrell played running back at Oklahoma (1997-2000) alongside Heupel. Heupel guided the Sooners to a BCS national championship in 2000 as Oklahoma’s starting quarterback.

ATLANTA – For the last few weeks teams across the country have been trying to convince SEC officials to change their scheduling from eight games to nine. The simple answer for that – “Well, I don't think there is anybody that would trade their nine games and want to come play our eight games,” Ole Miss Head Coach Lane Kiffin said.

The Tennessee Volunteers had one of the most interested off-seasons in the SEC as their starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava would enter the transfer portal. He