Tennessee fans — and college football fans in general — are anxious to see where the Vols will be ranked in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings.

Specifically, fans will be anxious to see where the Volunteers are ranked in relation to Alabama.

Tennessee beat Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville a few weeks ago, but the Crimson Tide were ranked No. 5 last week while the Vols were ranked No. 13 even though both teams have two losses.

The committee says that Alabama’s resume is better than Tennessee’s overall, but that gap should close after the Vols beat Kentucky 34-6 this past weekend.

Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt has Tennessee ranked above Alabama

Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt made it clear on Monday that he thinks Tennessee should be ranked ahead of Alabama this week.

“Tennessee is at No. 8,” said Klatt while unveiling his personal rankings. “Why is Tennessee at No. 8 and Bama is at No. 9? Well, because I have two eyes and watched Tennessee beat Alabama, which the committee apparently did not do.

“Now, Tennessee beats Kentucky. That’s a really good win for them. They run the football. And what I’ve loved about Tennessee over the last year and a half is that I feel like Josh Heupel got away from just being the deep choice throw it all over the lot type of team, and he is a run-oriented team now. That’s been an evolution over the last few years, and it’s taken root. They’re an active and aggressive defense that creates some havoc, and they ended up putting on a clinic against Kentucky, and the bottom kind of fell out for Kentucky.”

Committee chairman Hunter Yurachek said last week that Tennessee’s head-to-head win over Alabama didn’t come into play in the rankings because the two teams are in different “pods.”

I guess we’ll see on Tuesday night when the new rankings are revealed if the Vols’ win over No. 6 Kentucky closed the gap in the committee’s eyes.