Tennessee beat Texas A&M 22-7 on Saturday in College Station, which means the Vols still control their own destiny for a College Football Playoff berth.

Next up for Tennessee is a matchup against LSU in Knoxville next Saturday afternoon.

The Tigers are out of the playoff picture after suffering a one-point loss to Texas this weekend.

LSU won’t have much to play for in Knoxville next Saturday, but they’re still a talented team that’s very dangerous when they’re at their best.

ESPN’s Paul Finebaum, however, doesn’t like LSU’s chances against Tennessee. He’s done — for now at least — with picking Lane Kiffin to win a big game.

“Are they capable of winning a game?” said Finebaum of LSU on The Matt Barrie Show. “This would be unlikely (against Tennessee). Maybe with the pressure of the playoffs off [it’s possible], but I’m done trying to pick Lane Kiffin to win a game. I’ll never do that again. So, Tennessee will likely advance and then they get to Vanderbilt and should win there.

“Tennessee is not in a terrible spot. They’re in a really good spot — considering they struggled at times against Texas A&M — but everyone struggles against A&M and then everyone finds a way to beat A&M in the fourth quarter.”

I definitely think that playing a four-loss LSU team is better for Tennessee than playing a three-loss LSU team. We’ve seen in the past that teams who expected to make the College Football Playoff can have a big drop-off after they’ve been eliminated.

But that’s not always the case, and the Vols can’t assume it will be the case against LSU.

Tennessee has to prepare like this LSU team still has a lot to play for. Who knows, maybe the Tigers show up inspired in Neyland Stadium next Saturday…