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.

The UTEP football team held No. 10 Tennessee scoreless in the first quarter but that was as close as things would get as the Miners lost 56-0 Saturday, Nov. 23 to the Volunteers at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville,

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

Tennessee football fans will finally get their free cookies after senior receiver Bru McCoy scored two touchdowns against UTEP on Saturday.

The teams last played in 2018, with Tennessee winning, 24-0. The Vols won, 56-0, in 1990. Tennessee also won the first meeting, 26-16, in 1986.

Bru McCoy caught two touchdowns in Tennessee football's 56-0 win against UTEP. Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders appears to shove an official but was not ejected from Saturday's game against Kansas.