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Diego Pavia dove across the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:52 left as No. 10 Vanderbilt beat 15th-ranked Missouri 17-10 Saturday to extend the Commodores' best start in more than 80 years. Vanderbilt improved to 7-1 overall (3-1 Southeastern Conference) putting the Commodores a win off the 1941 squad that started 8-1. They came in with the highest ranking since 1947 playing before a second straight sellout crowd and snapped a five-game skid to the Tigers. CJ Heard set up the winning drive for Vanderbilt by recovering a fumble by Jamal Roberts with 7:02 left. The finish didn't come without plenty of drama. Sedrick Alexander initially was ruled by officials to have fumbled at the 1 only to be overturned upon review with 1:49 left. Pavia finished the drive on the next play. No. 15 Missouri (6-2, 2-2) lost quarterback Beau Pribula early in the third quarter when he hurt his left ankle on fourth-and-goal.

Trainers placed his ankle in an air cast and carted him off the field. Freshman Matt Zollers, who threw a 6-yard TD pass to Jude James early in the fourth to tie it at 10, tried to tie it once more. He threw to Kevin Coleman Jr. as time expired and was ruled an incompletion. After review, officials said Coleman caught the ball short of the goal line. Makhilyn Young put Vandy up 10-3 lead late in the third with an 80-yard touchdown run. Missouri has dominated this series since joining the SEC in 2012. With two of top scoring offenses in the country, these teams scrapped to a 3-3 halftime tie. Vanderbilt came in eighth-best, averaging 41.4 points a game, with Missouri 12th managing 39 a game. A kicking penalty on Missouri left guard Dominick Giudice erased a 20-yard run by Pribula down to the Vandy 1. Robert Meyer put Missouri up 3-0 with 5:11 left in the first half. Meyer missed a 29-yard field goal wide left in the third. Brock Taylor, who hasn't missed since a double overtime loss last season at Missouri, tied it up with a 38-yard field goal with 2:00 left in the first half. That came after Vanderbilt had first-and-goal at the Missouri 8 before a holding penalty and a false start. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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10/21/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

WEEK 8 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Diego Pavia, QB, Vanderbilt,...Accounted for 246 yards and three total touchdowns to lead Vanderbilt past No. 10/10 LSU...Was 14-of-22 passing for 160 yards with one score and no interceptions...Led all players with 86 yards on 17 carries...Had season-high two rushing touchdowns, with the first giving the Commodores their first lead of the day and the second providing the final margin of victory...Helped Vandy score most points and record the first 200-yard rushing game against LSU's defense this season...Highlights included scrambling to convert 4th-and-1 pass for gain of 10 yards late in the third quarter, leading to the the Dores' final points in the closing minute of the period...Moved into a tie for fifth on Vanderbilt's all-time list with 35 touchdown passes and ninth with 3,862 passing yards in his Commodore career...Also became the seventh individual in program history to post 5,000 yards of total offense in a career...Helped Vandy defeat LSU for the first time since the 1990 season. - SEC Football

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10/21/25 - Jordan White, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 6-2, 309 (DS#2 C) + More +

WEEK 8 SEC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Jordan White, C, Vanderbilt,...Credited by PFF with the team's highest overall and run block grades following victory over No. 10/10 LSU...Helped the Commodores record 239 rushing yards, the most given up by the Tigers this year, while averaging over five yards per carry...Did not allow a sack or a quarterback hit in 32 pass block snaps...Anchored unit that contributed to Vandy finishing with 399 total yards and an average of six yards per snap...Aided the Dores in posting 20 first downs and a season-best 36½ minutes time of possession...The 31 points and 239 rushing yards recorded by Vanderbilt were the most allowed by the Tigers this year...Efforts also helped the Commodores to their first defeat of LSU since the 1990 campaign. - SEC Football

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10/20/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

WEEK 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia threw for 160 yards and a score and ran for 86 yards and two more TDs in a 31-24 win over LSU. - AP College Football

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10/19/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost. Ohio State was the only team to hold its spot, remaining No. 1 for an eighth straight week after shutting out Wisconsin 34-0 on the road. Beyond the Buckeyes, significant revision was required with four top-10 teams losing in the same week for a third time this season. Nine Top 25 losing teams were the most since Week 5 in 2022, when 10 went down, according to Sportradar. Four of the losses this week were to unranked opponents. The Buckeyes received 60 first-place votes, 10 more than a week ago. No. 2 Indiana pulled away from Michigan State, improved its program-record ranking by one spot and got the other six first-place votes.

Texas A&M's one-rung promotion to No. 3 gives the Aggies their highest ranking since 1995. No. 4 Alabama has its highest ranking of the season and No. 5 Georgia returned to the top five after a three-week absence. Oregon, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, Miami and Vanderbilt round out the top 10. The Ducks bounced back from their home loss to Indiana with a lopsided road win over Rutgers. Georgia Tech, which won at Duke, hadn't been in the top 10 since 2014 or ranked as high since 2009. Mississippi's loss to Georgia caused it to slip three spots, and Miami fell seven after losing to unranked Louisville. Vanderbilt rallied from its loss at Alabama two weeks ago with a 31-24 win over then-No. 10 LSU. The Commodores earned a seven-spot promotion for their first win over the Tigers since 1990. At 6-1, Vandy is off to its best start since 1950 with two wins over ranked opponents. Texas Tech's first loss came at Arizona State and dropped the Red Raiders seven spots to No. 14. LSU took the biggest fall, plunging 10 spots to No. 20 for its lowest ranking of the season. - AP College Football

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10/18/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Diego Pavia threw for 160 yards and a score and ran for 86 yards and two more touchdowns as No. 17 Vanderbilt beat 10th-ranked LSU 31-24 on Saturday to snap a 10-game skid against the Tigers. Vanderbilt never trailed in what was the fourth meeting since 1947 with both schools ranked in the AP poll. Vanderbilt (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) beat LSU for the first time since 1990. The Tigers (5-2, 2-2) had some big plays with Garrett Nussmeier throwing for 225 yards and two TDs, including a 62-yarder to Zavion Thomas. Caden Durham also had a 51-yard run down to the Vandy 2 before the Commodores forced LSU to settle for one of four field-goal attempts.

That wasn't enough against a Vanderbilt offense that came in seventh in the nation averaging 43.2 points a game. The Commodores scored the most points LSU has given up this season with a defense ranked fifth in the country allowing 11.8 points a game. Vanderbilt punted only twice, both times in the fourth quarter. LSU's best chance came after the first Vandy punt trailing 31-24 with 8:55 left. Zaylin Wood sacked Nussmeier on the first play. LSU had to punt the ball back three plays later and never threatened after that. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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10/16/25 - Khordae Sydnor, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 6-3, 272 (DS#42 DE) + More +

MIDSEASON AP SEC MOST SURPRISING TEAM: This is the fifth consecutive week Vanderbilt has been ranked in the Top 25, the most in program history. The Commodores had been ranked four weeks in each of 2008, 1941 and 1937. - AP College Football

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10/16/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

It's not easy to stand out in the Southeastern Conference's crowd of 10 AP Top 25 teams. Coach Clark Lea and Vanderbilt are pulling it off. No. 17 Vanderbilt, which 5-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC, was voted the SEC's most surprising team at the midpoint of the season by Associated Press journalists who cover the conference. Lea was voted the top coach. - AP College Football

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09/29/25 - Brock Taylor, rSo/2028, Vanderbilt, 6-0, 165 (DS#9 K) + More +

WEEK 5 SEC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brock Taylor, PK, Vanderbilt,...Converted both field goals and was 6-of-6 on PATs in Vandy's victory over Utah State...Hit multiple field goals in a game for the first time this season...46-yard field goal as time expired at the half gave the Dores a double-digit lead for good in the contest...Has now made 16 field goals in a row dating back to Oct. 5, 2024...Scored a season-best 12 points, one shy of his career high...Posted fifth game with 10-plus points since the start of the 2024 campaign...Recorded touchbacks on five of six kickoffs as well...Helped lead the Commodores to their first 5-0 start since the 2008 season. - SEC Football

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09/29/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

WEEK 5 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DIEGO PAVIA, VANDERBILT, Graduate Student, Quarterback, Albuquerque, NM,...Diego Pavia accounted for 400 yards of total offense and six touchdowns in Vanderbilt's 55-35 win over Utah State.He completed 26-of-34 passes for 321 yards and a school-record-tying five touchdowns. Pavia also led the Commodores with 79 rushing yards and one touchdown on just nine carries. Vanderbilt is 5-0 for the first time since 2008. Notes: It is the fourth time since 2004 that a Vanderbilt player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors. Pavia is the first Vandy honoree since former All-America linebacker Zach Cunningham (Oct. 15, 2016). - Walter Camp Football Foundation

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09/27/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Diego Pavia threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead No. 18 Vanderbilt over Utah State 55-35 on Saturday. Pavia completed 26 of 34 passes for 321 yards and rushed for 79 yards. He became the second Vanderbilt quarterback since 1996 to collect six-plus touchdowns in a game and tied the program's single-game passing touchdown record alongside Johnny McCrary (2014), Jay Cutler (2005) and Bill Wade (1950). He's got the Commodores off to a 5-0 start for the first time since 2008.

Junior Sherrill had 91 yards receiving and caught three of Pavia's touchdown throws. It was the first time Sherrill has scored more than one touchdown in a game. Eli Stowers and Richie Hoskins also had receiving touchdowns and Makhilyn Young scored a rushing touchdown. Brock Taylor made two field goals. Vanderbilt's defense pressured Utah State quarterback Bryson Barnes throughout the game, sacking him three times and forcing seven quarterback hurries. The Commodores limited the Aggies (3-2) to just 15 yards of total offense in the third quarter. Utah State kept pace with Vanderbilt in the first half, finding the end zone three times and holding the lead twice. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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09/22/25 - Jamison Curtis, rFr/2029, Vanderbilt, 6-1, 229 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

WEEK 4 SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jamison Curtis, LB, Vanderbilt,...Blocked a punt and returned it 4 yards for a touchdown in the Commodores' 70-21 win over Georgia State...Part of a unit that allowed just 18.5 yards per kickoff return...Helped the Dores post a season-long 46-yard run back on their only kick return of the contest...Also aided in Vandy averaging nearly 13 yards per punt return against the Panthers. - SEC Football

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09/20/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Diego Pavia threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, and No. 20 Vanderbilt scored its most points in 107 years Saturday night while romping to a 70-21 victory over Georgia State. The previous time the Commodores rolled up 70 points in a game was a 76-0 win over Tennessee on Nov. 19, 1918, at Dudley Field in Nashville. Pavia also rushed for 86 yards and a TD as Vanderbilt (4-0) remained one of eight undefeated Southeastern Conference teams. Running back AJ Newberry scored twice on the ground.

Three other running backs scored a touchdown each, and quarterback Blaze Berlowitz scored his first rushing touchdown for the Commodores. Drew Dickey scored Vanderbilt's final TD on a 9-yard quarterback keep. Commodores cornerback Jordan Matthews forced a fumble and defensive tackle Jaylon Stone recovered one in the first half. In the second half, linebacker Jamison Curtis blocked a punt and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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09/17/25 - Diego Pavia, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 5-10, 207 (DS#14 QB) + More +

The NCAA was back in court Tuesday fighting for the future of its eligibility rules through the case of Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, who is playing his fourth Division I season under a preliminary injunction. Attorney Rakesh Kilaru argued in court before a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. District Court of Appeals that the NCAA believes its rules determining athlete eligibility do not violate the Sherman Act or other antitrust laws. Kilaru also said the association intends to enforce its rules. “I would venture we’ll be back in court in weeks or months,” Kilaru said. Any ruling by the appeals court won’t affect Pavia’s status this season. The NCAA granted a waiver after the injunction granting eligibility through the 2025-26 academic year for junior college athletes who would have exhausted eligibility during the 2024-25 academic year. A federal judge agreed last December that Pavia had a strong likelihood of success at trial against the NCAA rule limiting junior college players’ eligibility as a restraint of trade under the Sherman Act.

Pavia started playing at New Mexico Military Institute in 2020 (the NCAA did not count that season toward eligibility because of the pandemic.) He led the junior college to the 2021 national championship, then played at New Mexico State in 2022 and 2023 before transferring to Vanderbilt for the 2024 season. This is his fourth Division I season. Downton told judges the issue is that the NCAA’s rules are commercial in nature by limiting the labor market. The NCAA starts an athlete’s eligibility clock by counting even years played outside the association’s membership at junior colleges. After the hearing, Downton said they are hoping for a ruling on the case’s merits even as Pavia has NFL plans in 2026. Pavia’s lawsuit includes the possibility of a fifth year of eligibility within five consecutive years targeting the NCAA’s Redshirt and Five-Year rules — a season which Downton says his client isn’t interested in. - AP College Football

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09/15/25 - Jordan White, rSr/2026, Vanderbilt, 6-2, 309 (DS#2 C) + More +

WEEK 3 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Jordan White, G, Vanderbilt,...Recorded Vandy's top overall and run block grades for the third week in a row in win at nationally-ranked South Carolina...Helped the Commodores post 22 first downs and average better than five yards per snap in holding the ball for a season-best 35:43...Did not allow a sack, or a QB hit or pressure on 30 pass snaps...Helped the Dores to their first win in an SEC opener since 2011 and first road victory over an AP Top 25 opponent dating back to the 2007 campaign...Led team to first defeat of the Gamecocks since 2008, and its first win in Columbia going back to the previous season. - SEC Football

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