Auburn at Oklahoma has the “two teams enter, one team leaves” feel about it, as each program looks to ascend to College Football Playoff contender status.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — SEC cannibalism begins in earnest on Saturday, with College GameDay on site for what figures to be among the most bitter battles of the day.

College football metrics, polls and ranking committees be damned, it’s going to be up to the SEC to sort itself out this season.

Tennessee coach Josh Heupel heaped praise on the Georgia football program and quarterback Gunner Stockton in his Monday press conference in Knoxville.

ATHENS – There’s a whole lot of football to be sorted out in the SEC, and it starts in earnest next Saturday.