• Several SEC teams, including LSU and Georgia, face pivotal Week 8 games that could define their playoff chances. • USC coach Lincoln Riley is under pressure to prove his team can compete with top programs as they face Notre Dame. • BYU's undefeated record and freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier face their toughest test yet in a rivalry game against Utah.

The similarities are hard to ignore.

Three weeks removed from a win against then-unbeaten Georgia, Alabama was 5-1 and ranked No. 7 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and Tennessee was 5-1 and ranked No. 11 when the two met on the third Saturday of last October.

Fast-forward a calendar year. Three weeks after beating the Bulldogs 24-21 , the red-hot No. 6 Crimson Tide host the No. 11 Volunteers looking to avoid a similar fate to last seas

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