We are four weeks into the 2024 college football season and the competition for the top spots in the rankings could not be closer. What was potentially viewed as a two- or three-team race for No. 1 has expanded with the preseason favorites putting together resume-boosting wins and new contenders joining the picture with their own impressive starts.

A big win by Tennessee moved the Volunteers into the top four of this week's NCAA Re-Rank 1-134 ahead of SEC rival Alabama.

The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. Much of the talk going into Tennessee’s trip to Oklahoma was about Volunteers coach Josh Heupel’s return to his alma mater, Heupel was right when,