No. 11 Tennessee football travels to Columbia, South Carolina, for a Southeastern Conference tilt with South Carolina on Saturday. The Gamecocks are coming off a bye week after defeating Florida 38-19 in Gainesville on Oct. 10. South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers completed 23 of 35 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns in the win.

Tennessee will try to avoid a letdown after defeating Alabama 26-10 last week. The Volunteers’ defense and run game have guided them to a 6-1 record. Tennessee leads the nation with 30 sacks and ranks first in the SEC and third nationally with 58 tackles for loss.

Two hundred seems to be the magic number for Tennessee rushing yards in the Josh Heupel era. The Vols are 37-2 when rushing for that many yards, including 31 consecutive wins. The Vols currently average 217.1 yards a game on the ground. The Gamecocks, however, allow just 103.7 rushing yards per game, so something has to give Saturday.

Heupel joined the Mike Keith Show on Thursday to preview the matchup.…