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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- After beginning their college careers on losing teams, Tennessees seniors would love nothing more than to finish up by playing for a Southeastern Conference championship.Those seniors still hope to reach that goal as they prepare for their final college home game Saturday against Missouri (3-7, 1-5 SEC).That would mean everything, defensive end Corey Vereen said.In order to get to Atlanta for a shot at the title, Tennessee (7-3, 3-3) must win its final two games and have No. 16 LSU defeat No. 21 Florida on Saturday. Tennessee plays at Vanderbilt next week in its regular-season finale.Tennessee isnt in control of its destiny, but the fact the Vols are even in contention for a division title in mid-November shows how far this program has come since these seniors enrolled.Theyve made a lasting impact on Tennessee football, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. We always talk about is Tennessee football better because you were a part of it. How have you impacted the football program? All these individuals have impacted the football program in a very, very positive manner.This senior class includes the first collection of players Jones recruited to Tennessee as well as four players who preceded the coachs arrival in Knoxville. Linebacker Kenny Bynum, tight end Jason Croom, defensive end LaTroy Lewis and defensive lineman Charles Folger are the lone fifth-year seniors who were part of Derek Dooleys last Tennessee team.Dooley was fired amid a 5-7 season in 2012. Jones and the other freshmen came aboard in 2013 when Tennessee again finished 5-7 for its fourth straight losing season.Tennessee went 7-6 in 2014 and 9-4 last season while winning bowl games each year. This season, the Vols were ranked as high as ninth before a three-game skid in October caused them to tumble out of the Top 25.The headline performers in this class are quarterback Joshua Dobbs, cornerback Cam Sutton and linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin.Dobbs has made 32 career starts while majoring in aerospace engineering. His accomplishments on and off the field have made him the face of Tennessees program.A lot of people said you cant go to college, cant play SEC football and major in engineering, (that) theres just not enough time in the day, Dobbs said. You cant do this and you cant do that. ... My message always has been, `Why cant I do that? Sutton, a starter since the opening game of his freshman season, is Tennessees career leader in passes defended and returned to action last week after missing six games with a fractured ankle. Reeves-Maybin led the Vols in tackles in 2015 and tied for the team lead in 2014 before season-ending shoulder surgery limited him to just four games this year.Tennessees fifth-year seniors encountered even more adversity as they dealt with consecutive losing seasons and a coaching change in their first two years on campus.They marvel at how much has happened since their arrival.We remember when we just moved into Gibbs (Hall), me and Jason were roommates together, Lewis said. We look over across the street and Gibbs is gone (it was demolished in 2014). Its a whole new building up. How things have changed over time, its really interesting to look back on.Those four fifth-year seniors have only made a combined seven starts this season, but theyve delivered quite an impact off the field. Lewis has started a local nonprofit organization aimed at mentoring and educating young people in the Knoxville area, while Folger volunteers at the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville.Tennessees seniors acknowledge Saturdays game will carry an emotional weight. Folger quipped that Im going to cry like a baby when he runs onto Neyland Stadiums field for the last time and is greeted by his family.But they dont want to get too nostalgic just yet. Theres too much at stake.We still have a lot of dreams and goals on the table, Dobbs said. We cant get caught up in too much of the emotion and be focused on this being our last (home) game. 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Western Michigan is one of two unbeaten teams left in the FBS, with Alabama being the other.The other New Years Six matchups go like this: Michigan against Florida State in the Capital One Orange Bowl, Penn State against USC in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual and Auburn against Oklahoma in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.This will be the first appearance in the Orange Bowl by the Wolverines since Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes to beat Alabama and cap the 1999 season.Florida State is in the Orange Bowl for the 10th time and will play at Hard Rock Stadium for the second time this season. The Seminoles beat Miami there during the regular season after blocking a potentially game-tying extra point in the final moments.The 103rd edition of The Granddaddy of Them All will match two venerable football programs that have emerged from bad times since their last trip to this postseason showcase.USC (9-3) will meet Penn State (11-2) in a rematch of the 2009 Rose Bowl, won 38-24 by the Trojans.Western Michigan and Wisconsin are both making their first Cotton Bowl appearances.The Broncos (13-0), at No. 15 in the final CFP rankings, beat two Big Ten teams, Northwestern and Illinois, on the road early this season.The No. 8 Badgers (10-3) had a six-game winning streak before the Big Ten championship game, where they had a 28-7 lead before losing 38-31 to Penn State while giving up the most points they had all season.Its the fifth time Western Michigan and Wisconsin have played, the first since 2000.Auburn and Oklahoma will square off for the first time since the Sugar Bowl in 1972, which the Sooners won 40-22.The Orange Bowl is Dec. 30. The Rose, Cotton and Sugar bowls are all Jan. 2.In other bowl games:No. 17?Florida and Iowa are heading to the Outback Bowl for the fifth time each, and for the second time against one another.No. 13?Louisville and No. 20?LSU will square off in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31 in Orlando, Florida.Big 12 runner-up No. 12?Oklahoma State will play Pac-12 runner-up No. 10?Colorado in the Valero Alamo Bowl, matching teams that used to be in the Big 12 and Big Eight together.Stanford, with the Pac-12s longest active bowl streak, will play North Carolina in the Hyundai Sun Bowl on Dec. 30.Two old Big East rivals will square off in the Russell Athletic Bowl when No. 16?West Virginia faces Miami.?No. 24?Temple, which earned its first conference title with a 34-10 victory over No. 25?Navy?on Saturday, will face Wake Forest in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman on Dec. 27 in Annapolis, Maryland.ACC runner-up No. 22?Virginia Tech and Arkansas will meet in the Belk Bowl on Dec. 29.Indiana, which will be playing under new coach Tom Allen after Kevin Wilson unexpectedly resigned last week, will face No. 19 Utah in the Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 28 in Santa Clara, California.Western Kentucky has been rewarded for its second consecutive 10-win season aand second consecutive league title under coach Jeff Brohm, earning a berth in the Boca Raton Bowl against Memphis.ddddddddddddouth Florida?and South Carolina?will play in the Birmingham Bowl. The game is Dec. 29 at Legion Field.Kansas State will play Texas A&M in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl on Dec. 28 in Houston in a matchup of former Big 12 rivals.An offensive show may await when Boise State?faces Baylor?in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl.Houston, which recently lost coach Tom Herman to Texas, will face off against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl Presented by Geico on Dec. 17.Kentucky will play Georgia Tech in the TaxSlayer Bowl on New Years Eve.Georgia?and TCU?will face off for the first time in nearly three decades when they meet in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 30 at Memphis, Tennessee.BYU will play Mountain West Conference runner-up Wyoming in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 21 in San Diego.Two teams that were ranked in the top 10 earlier this year will try to bounce back from late-season fades when Nebraska meets No. 21?Tennessee in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 at Nashville.North Texas has accepted an invitation to play in the Zaxbys Heart of Dallas Bowl against Army on Dec. 27 in the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium.North Carolina State?will face Vanderbilt in the Camping World Independence Bowl on Dec. 26 in Shreveport, Louisiana.Miami (Ohio), which started 0-6 and went 6-0 since, will get a crack at Mississippi State of the SEC in the St. Petersburg Bowl on Dec. 26.Minnesota will meet?Washington State?in the National Funding Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 in San Diego.Boston College and Maryland will renew acquaintances in the Quick Lane Bowl. The former ACC rivals play at Detroits Ford Field on Dec. 26.Southern Mississippi?will face Louisiana-Lafayette in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 17.Troy will meet Mid-American Conference runner-up Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl on Dec. 23 in Mobile, Alabama.UCF will cap its remarkable turnaround this season with an appearance in the AutoNation Cure Bowl against Arkansas State.UTSA?and New Mexico are set to play in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 17 in Albuquerque.Hawaii?will host?Middle Tennessee State?in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve in search of a .500 season.Navy, which lost at home to Temple in the American Athletic Conference championship game, will play?Louisiana Tech in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on TCUs campus on Dec. 23.Tulsa will showcase its potent offense in the Miami Beach Bowl on Dec. 19 against Central Michigan.?Toledo and Appalachian State, which both posted 9-3 regular seasons, will meet in the third Raycom Media Camellia Bowl on Dec. 17.Idaho will play Colorado State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 22 in Boise.Air Force?will face South Alabama?in the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl on Dec. 30 in Tucson.No. 23?Pittsburgh, which dealt No. 2 Clemson its only loss of 2016, will end its season at Yankee Stadium in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl matchup against Northwestern.?Information from The Associated Press was included in this report.? 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