No.15 Tennessee heads into the Magnolia State on Saturday to take on undefeated Mississippi State at 4:15 pm ET. The Vols are back at Mississippi State for the first time since 2012, and back in the state of Mississippi since 2014, when they last played Ole Miss in Oxford.
While Tennessee has not been on the field in Mississippi in over a decade, the recruiting trail is a different story for Josh Heupel’s staff. As the state has continued to turn into more of a recruiting hotbed, the Vols have started to find success in the area.
Tennessee has turned the state into a priority in the 2026 cycle, and they have landed three of their top targets from the state in the cycle…