A pair of five-star quarterbacks from the 2023 class will face off when Tennessee’s Nico Iamaleava and Oklahoma’s Jackson Arnold lead their teams into a key Southeastern Conference matchup.

Nico Iamaleava debuted at Nissan Stadium, earned MVP award at Camping World Stadium and won at Bank of America Stadium. But none were true road games.

Brent Venables and company have their work cut out for them in preparing to stop star quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who is one of the top offenses in the sport, at least through three games. The former five-star and first-year starter has helped the Vols outscore opponents 191-13 thus far. Iamaleava seems to have bolstered Heupel's up-tempo attack.

Tennessee dominated Kent State so thoroughly that it's difficult to draw any conclusions from the game other than the fact that the Golden Flashes were clearly outmatched. Nevertheless, Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava still looked very good in the 71-0 drubbing of Kent State.

Gundy, who was a member of the 2000 Oklahoma staff that won a national championship behind the play of current Vols head coach Josh Heupel, told 3HL that he thinks Iamaleava has N