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On3’s Andy Staples has Tennessee as a playoff team in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In a bracket projection released Tuesday, Staples had the Vols as the No. 11 seed, facing No. 6 Oregon on the road in the first round. “Tennessee at Oregon,” Staples said while explaining his playoff picks. “That’s going to be your Friday night game in Eugene on ESPN and ABC.” On3 ranked the Vols No. 14 in its top 25, updating the ranking after the end of spring practice and the closing of the transfer portal. “This would be in Eugene,” Staples said of the projected Tennessee-Oregon ma…