The Tennessee Vols will be looking to keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive this weekend in a home matchup against the Oklahoma Sooners. Tennessee is 6-2 with losses to the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Tennessee first played Oklahoma in the 1939 Orange Bowl following its national championship season in 1938. The Vols shut out Oklahoma, 17-0, to complete an undefeated season. The two teams also played in the 1967 Orange Bowl with the Sooners winning, 26-24. Oklahoma won at home in 2014, recording a 34-10 victory.

The Tennessee Vols will host the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night in a game that will go a long way in determining what the rest of UT's season looks like. Tennessee, thanks to losses to Alabama and Georgia earlier this season,

Oklahoma went 11-2 in 2015, winning the Big 12 and making the CFP. After a down year in 2014 and some poor quarterback play since the departures of Sam Bradford and Landry Jones, the Sooners had their guy under center and began a remarkable run of six straight conference titles and four playoff trips in those six seasons.

The Tennessee Volunteers are set to take on the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, as this will be the second year straight that the Vols play against Josh Heupel's

The star QB for the Sooners recently touched on some of his struggles this season, and said his injured thumb had nothing to do with it.

Former Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops has made his prediction for this weekend's matchup between the Tennessee Vols and the Kentucky Wildcats. And, as has become the norm for Stoops, he went with his heart over logic.

The Sooners look to get back on track this weekend in Knoxville after dropping their second conference game over the weekend.