A College Football Playoff favorite, Bob Stoops has his Oklahoma Sooners (4) on a mission this year to disprove the SEC's perceived dominance and this week the Tennessee Volunteers stand in his way.

Unfortunately for Stoops, Tennessee is his team's only SEC opponent in the regular season, but he is still prepping his team as if they were playing Alabama for the National Title. Speaking with the Associated Press this week, he said he was not sure it was true that the SEC is the best Power Five conference for football.

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His players are buying in as well.

"Oh yeah," linebacker Geneo Grissom said ahead of the game, according to the AP. "It's a nice SEC matchup. It's going to be a big game, lot of people there. Hopefully a sellout crowd, so we're going to come ready."

At 2-0, Tennessee is playing on the road for the first time this season and will have to play Georgia (6) in two weeks. Tennessee will try to stop Oklahoma's run game and put on pressure on the passer with an impressive front seven.

However, the Sooners boast a balanced offensive attack, with Heisman watch listed QB Trevor Knight under center and three running backs with at least 100 yards rushing. Oklahoma has also been extremely tough on defense in the first half, surrendering just a field goal to Louisiana Tech before halftime this season. They may be favored to win at home, but Oklahoma feels like they have something to prove.

"We all know coach Stoops' feelings about the SEC," Grissom said. "As his guys, we're 100 percent behind him. We're going to make sure we help him out there and make a statement in that aspect.

"These are the games that most people are going to sit down and watch."