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College Football Playoff Rankings 2022: Projected Top 25 for Week 12

By Connor Muldowney

Nov 12, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Quandarrius Robinson (34) reacts after defeating the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Quandarrius Robinson (34) reacts after defeating the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports /
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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 12: Hendon Hooker #5 of the Tennessee Volunteers looks to pass against the Missouri Tigers at Neyland Stadium on November 12, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Volunteers won the game 66-24. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 12: Hendon Hooker #5 of the Tennessee Volunteers looks to pass against the Missouri Tigers at Neyland Stadium on November 12, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Volunteers won the game 66-24. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images) /

For whatever reason, Missouri has become a thorn in the side of some of the top teams in the SEC this year.

Earlier in the season, the Tigers hung around with Georgia and even led in the fourth until the Bulldogs pulled away. The Tigers were tied with Tennessee after a quarter on Saturday and only trailed 28-24 halfway through the third quarter. And then Tennessee just went nuclear.

After holding that slim lead, the Volunteers went on to score 38 straight points and drop 66 on the Tigers. Hendon Hooker’s Heisman campaign continued with 355 yards and three touchdowns and even his backup, Joe Milton, got in on the fun with 105 yards and a score on 3-of-3 passing.

The Volunteers are just waiting for one of those top four teams to falter because they look poised to jump back into the top-four. A one-loss Tennessee team almost surely gets into the field.

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