Georgia football can't afford to lose Saturday's game against Tennessee or its playoff hopes are finished.
This, after all, is the first season of the 12-team playoff so what we think we know about how it will all shake out we might not.
One thing we do know is that the second College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled Tuesday night.
Georgia offensive lineman Dylan Fairchild was asked if there's a feeling of desperation for the Bulldogs after falling to 7-2 with the upset loss at Ole Miss Saturday.
Georgia was No. 3 last week in the CFP rankings. Tennessee was No. 7.
"I would just say it's a game for us that we have to execute in and perform well," Fairchild said. "I wouldn't say desperation, I would say it's game we want to win."
Georgia should be in the back end of the top 12. The guess here is No. 11 with the committee rewarding Ole Miss with the head-to-head over the Bulldogs and putting them at No. 10.
The second College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 12, on ESPN's reveal show. It is the second of five rankings that will be released each Tuesday before the final list comes out.
The rankings will be revealed at a show that starts at 8:30 p.m. Each weekly ranking will come out on Tuesday nights, but the time of the show varies depending on the day.
The 12-team field will be released on a top 25 rankings show that will air on ESPN. It can also be streamed on ESPN+.
The field has been expanded from four teams to 12. That just so happens to come after a controversial 2023, when unbeaten Florida State was left out of the field and 12-1 Georgia was also outside the top four.
The 12-team field includes five conference champions ranked highest by the committee and seven at-large selections. The four highest-ranked conference champions will be the top four seeds and receive a bye into the quarterfinals. The fifth highest-ranked conference champion will be seeded where it was ranked or No. 12 if not in the top 12.
Teams ranked in the top four that don't win their conference will be seeded starting at No. 5. Teams seeded 5 through 12 will play in the first round with higher seeds hosting on campus. Playoff quarterfinals and semifinals will at bowl sites and the championship game is in Atlanta on Jan. 20.