A complicating factor for Tennessee’s path to the SEC title could be the health of QB Nico Iamaleava. He left Saturday’s win over Mississippi State at halftime because of what the school said was an upper body injury, though coach Josh Heupel said after the game that Iamaleava’s absence was precautionary.

Usually, this time of year is reserved for hot-seat talk. But that chatter has been quieter than usual to date because so many big jobs turned over the last few years — and it got even quieter on Thursday when Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin announced that Billy Napier would remain the Gators’ head football coach into the 2025 season.