Tennessee football can help its case for the College Football Playoff with against UTEP on Saturday. UT is No. 11 in the CFP rankings.

Tennessee blew out UTEP on Saturday afternoon. The Vols started slow but ran away from the Miners in the home finale on senior day. After the game, select Vols met the media to discuss the win. Tennessee’s defense got after the Miners with double digit tackles for loss.

Tennessee football took care of business by beating UTEP 56-0 on Saturday. The Vols also got help in the CFP race thanks to Florida and Ohio State.

Tennessee football could be on the right side of the College Football Playoff picture again. The No. 11 Vols (9-2) pounded UTEP (2-9) in a 56-0 win on Saturday at Neyland Stadium, putting themselves potentially a win a way from being in the 12-team CFP.

Tennessee enters Saturday ranked No. 11 in the CFP rankings, which were announced Tuesday. The Vols are not projected to be in the field, however, because of the CFP rules that allocate automatic bids to the five highest-ranked conference champions regardless of rankings.

Nico Iamaleava threw four touchdown passes as Tennessee blew out UTEP and got help as other College Football Playoff contenders lost.

Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel gave senior wide receiver Bru McCoy one heck of a compliment on Saturday after UT's 56-0 win against UTEP. McCoy, who was likely playing in his final game in Neyland Stadium (unless the Vols end up hosting a College Football Playoff game in December),