Tennessee and Oklahoma's Thursday availability reports

No. 6 Tennessee and No. 15 Oklahoma both updated their availability reports Thursday night, after issuing the initial injury reports Wednesday night. The Vols (3-0) face the Sooners (3-0) Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, in a 7:30 Eastern Time start on ABC.

The availability reports, as mandated by the SEC, will be updated again Friday night and one final time 90 minutes before kickoff on Saturday.

The most notable name on Tennessee’s availability report is Lance Heard, the five-star LSU transfer and starting left tackle who missed last week’s 71-0 win over Kent State. Sophomore running back Cameron Seldon was not listed on the availability report, despite not being active the last two weeks.

Players listed as “probable” have a 75% chance to play, while players listed as “questionable” are uncertain with a 50% chance to play. “Doubtful” means a player is unlikely to play, with a 25% chance to play. Players listed as available have a 100% chance to play and will only be listed if they were on a previous availability report.

Tennessee Availability Report

Oklahoma Availability Report

A Closer Look: SEC Availability Reports

The SEC in August announced availability reports for football, basketball and baseball. For SEC football games, schools are required to submit availability reports three days before games and issue daily updates up until 90 minutes before game time.

For basketball and baseball, reports will be issued the night before SEC games with an additional update on game day.

“This availability reporting policy is intended to reduce pressure from outside entities seeking participation information,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, “and represents a commitment of our 16 institutions to provide enhanced transparency to support efforts to protect our student-athletes and the integrity of competition.”

Players will be listed as available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out for their next game. On game day the updates will include available, game-time decision or out.

Schools of who fail to provide accurate and timely availability reports will be subject to penalties from $25,000, for first-time offenders, to $100,000 for “third and further” offenses in football. Men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball fines will be between $15,000 and $25,000.

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