Tennessee-Alabama is always one of the biggest games on the college football calendar, but my goodness, does it seem to carry extra weight this year. Take two Top 10 teams, who just happen to be huge rivals, and put them in a game with major SEC title and College Football Playoff implications, and yeah, this one is huge.

We learned something very important about the Vols last week: They are a darn good football team. After weeks of being passed off as “lucky” for wild comeback wins against Appalachian State, Florida and Georgia, the Vols nearly pulled off a Top 10 shocker on the road despite missing a handful of key players to injury. Had they done one or two things differently, they could’ve and probably should have won.

It still gave Vols fans hope for this weekend’s game against ‘Bama. Tennessee isn’t favored, but if they do these five things, they can knock off No. 1 Alabama.