Brady Quinn picks Tennessee as his dark horse College Football Playoff candidate

While picking teams to watch for the College Football Playoff, former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn picked Tennessee as his dark horse. Despite playing in the competitive SEC and having games on their schedule this year including Alabama and Georgia, Quinn claimed that the Volunteers could survive their schedule and be looking at a CFP bid.

Brady Quinn picks Tennessee as CFP candidate

“You guys are gonna think I’m crazy in saying this, but I love what Tennessee has done so far,” said Quinn on Big Noon Kickoff. “Building off of the foundation they laid last year now. You look at Hendon Hooker, their quarterback — he’s averaging almost 300 total yards per game, six total touchdowns this season. He’s gonna be a big reason why if they can make a run through a gauntlet of a schedule.

“Got a great win last week versus Pitt, a top-25 team on the road. Now they’ve gotta play Florida, they’ve gotta go to Baton Rogue, they’ve gotta play Alabama and Georgia … bottom line is though, if they can get through that schedule, they’ll be in the conversation.”

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Rounding out the panel’s picks was Matt Leinart’s selection of BYU, Reggie Bush picking his alma mater USC, and Urban Meyer choosing Utah — citing that 20 of the last 32 teams in the College Football Playoff had one loss.

Tennessee has a three-game stretch against Florida, LSU and Alabama that will likely be the biggest determining factor in their national rankings heading into the final half of the season. After having to play those three tough conference matchups, they still have games against No. 9 Kentucky at home and No. 1 Georgia on the road.