Five games into the season and today's question is simple.

Is Tennessee a college football playoff caliber football team?

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about the Mississippi State win where Tennessee is right now in the by week. John Neighbors,

who is the host of locked on Razorbacks, also owns and operates inside Arkansas. I thought it

would be fitting to kind of get a gauge on where Arkansas is right now. Obviously, Sam Pittman's

fired. The AD is saying a lot of silly stuff in front of the media.

Where's the fan base? Where's the team? I ask a lot of the Arkansas questions, but then I try to relate it to, okay, these two teams play football next week.

What should Tennessee expect in Arkansas next Saturday? John Neighbor. We're going to do a crossover next week to get in the nuts and bolts of everything,

but John neighbor is going to join the show in segment number two.

But first, in segment number one, hey, is Tennessee a college football playoff team?

I think the answer is clearly yes, based on what we've seen so far,

or a college football playoff caliber team that's going to be contending for a spot in the playoffs.

I think the answer is clearly yes right now, right? And what's ESPN have to say about that? What's the power rankings and all that and more what's ESPN matchup predictor have to say about all that? That's coming up right now on locked on ball. So I think based on what we've seen so far in five games, absolutely Tennessee should be contending for a spot in the playoffs. Defense has got to tighten up in some areas.

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