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The No. 9 Vanderbilt Commodores and No. 20 Texas Longhorns are dealing with off in an enormous SEC sport at present.
Observe alongside for the most recent play-by-play, evaluation, reactions and extra from our staff of reporters at The Athletic.
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Q1 14:49 – Texas 7, Vandy 0
Arch Manning swings a cross to Ryan Wingo, and he takes it the space. One play, one landing. Wow.
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Q1 15:00 – Vandy 0, Texas 0
Texas will get the ball first, and Arch Manning is behind middle.
Texas is favored by 3.5 factors on BetMGM. The Longhorns have been -2.5 for a lot of the week, however with the information that Arch Manning will begin, the chances have shifted in Texas’ course.
Vanderbilt and Texas are dealing with off in an enormous SEC sport at present. It might/ought to be a School Soccer Playoff elimination sport.
The Athletic has reside protection of No. 9 Vanderbilt vs. No. 20 Texas.
We’ve entered the house stretch. Spooky Season is over, and with a month left within the common season, it’s time to take inventory of the chaos. Indiana, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt are within the prime 10; Penn State, LSU and Florida have already fired their coaches. Unusual days, certainly.
November is an opportunity to search out out which of those shock groups will affect the postseason, with quite a few this weekend’s matchups providing perception into the crowded convention title and School Soccer Playoff races. Don’t anticipate the chaos to decelerate, although.
The SEC race has been brutal this season. There are solely two groups remaining undefeated in convention play: Alabama and Texas A&M. 4 different groups have one convention loss (Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Georgia and Texas).
And three extra groups have two total losses (Tennessee, Oklahoma and Missouri). Which groups will survive and attain the School Soccer Playoff? That's what we’ll discover out in November.
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Texas’ protection has generated a mixed 17 sacks throughout the Longhorns’ present three-game profitable streak, however Vanderbilt ranked No. 10 in Nick Baumgardner’s up to date breakdown of the best offensive lines in college football.
Right here's what Nick needed to say:
The Commodores claimed a spot on this record in September, and so they’ve been the true deal since. Vanderbilt ranks No. 3 in EPA/rush try (.24), and its offensive line, anchored by middle Jordan White, has given up simply three sacks.
Diego Pavia and Eli Stowers have been electrical, however the rejuvenation of this program underneath Clark Lea completely has included improved offensive line play. It’s in all probability no coincidence the Commodores have gone 14-6 since Lea employed veteran O-line coach Chris Klenakis.
Fernando Mendoza prolonged his lead, and Diego Pavia narrowed the hole on fellow SEC quarterback Ty Simpson within the fifth version of The Athletic’s Heisman Trophy straw ballot of writers and editors.
Mendoza, the Indiana junior, was a relative unknown two months in the past. He shined in a duel towards a preseason contender, UCLA’s Nico Iamaleava, because the Hoosiers throttled the Bruins 56-6 on Saturday. Mendoza was environment friendly if not flashy. He threw for 168 yards on 15-of-22 passing with three touchdowns and one interception earlier than giving option to his brother, Alberto Mendoza, the Indiana backup.
Fernando Mendoza’s 24 landing passes by means of eight video games leads FBS quarterbacks. Most vital on his resume: The Hoosiers are profitable massive with him on the controls. Indiana is 8-0 and ranked No. 2 because it enters a highway swing over the following two weeks at Maryland and Penn State.
Vanderbilt leads the SEC in scoring protection in league video games (17.8 factors per sport). The Commodores have allowed seven touchdowns in 4 SEC video games. Two years in the past, they allowed 41 touchdowns in eight league video games en path to an 0-8 SEC document.
What are the chances for Vanderbilt and Texas to get into the School Soccer Playoff? Our Dan Santaromita updates the College Football Playoff chase here.
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The school soccer teaching carousel has been wild, and November is simply getting began. However many coaches are thriving at their alma mater, and that features Clark Lea at Vanderbilt.
So why is that this a development? Our Seth Emerson takes a take a look at Lea and others who are getting the job done at their alma mater.
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One other upside-down weekend for a shaken-up FBS season. Vanderbilt’s quarterback is drawing Heisman hype. Utah’s campus hosts “School GameDay.” Energy convention coaches are getting midseason pink slips as the game’s intelligentsia tries to mannequin Indiana’s sideline. When the going will get bizarre, the bizarre get … into shotgun with Trinidad Chambliss.
This weekend has leisure worth and chaos potential on its horizon. Each befit the unhinged journey that’s 2025. Come Saturday, Diego Pavia’s Commodores are the primary sights at Texas Memorial Stadium, whereas Georgia has a marshy entice sport with rival Florida. Nos. 1 and a pair of are each energetic within the Large Ten slate. Two rising ACC applications go on the highway to threat undefeated convention information. There’s a attainable “Mr. November” lacing up from Berkeley to Denton.
Week 10 strains up video games from Tuesday by means of Saturday. As we’ve achieved all season, we’re sorting the printed home windows by headliner standing (“finest on paper”), weirdness within the air (“chaos potential”) and low-key enchantment (“sleeper decide”).
Texas does have two losses this season, however each got here on the highway and one was towards Ohio State to open the season (sure, the opposite loss was towards Florida). However the Longhorns do have a win over Oklahoma, and so they have loads of probabilities for marquee wins, beginning at present towards Vanderbilt.
In two weeks, Texas performs at Georgia, and it finishes its season vs. Texas A&M with a sport towards Arkansas between these two video games.
Vanderbilt opened its season with 5 wins earlier than dropping a hard-fought loss at Alabama. The Commodores bounced again properly with seven-point residence wins over Missouri and LSU. After at present’s sport, Vanderbilt hosts Auburn and Kentucky earlier than ending up on the highway towards Tennessee.
The damage report is out for at present.
The Athletic has reside protection of No. 9 Vanderbilt vs. No. 20 Texas.
Now that Matt Rhule has signed a contract extension to stay with Nebraska and the obvious candidate for Penn State’s head coach emptiness is off the board, the opposite choices for Nittany Lions athletic director Pat Kraft could possibly be trickier to identify.
Rhule and Kraft are shut buddies from their days working collectively at Temple. Rhule can also be a Penn Stater, having walked on to Joe Paterno’s staff after going to highschool in State School.
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In his second season because the beginning quarterback at Vanderbilt, Diego Pavia continues to show heads and switch across the Commodores’ program. After passing for two,293 yards and 20 touchdowns final 12 months, he has handed for 1,698 yards and 15 touchdowns this season.
Pavia rushed for 801 yards and eight touchdowns final 12 months and has continued that this season with 458 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Plus, Vanderbilt is profitable. The Commodores are 7-1.
Vanderbilt leads the all-time collection 8-4-1. The primary assembly was in 1899, with Vanderbilt profitable 6-0.
The groups didn’t face off for 96 years earlier than assembly final 12 months when Texas gained 27-24.
If Manning is unable to play at present or will get injured once more, Texas seemingly will flip to Matthew Caldwell at quarterback. Caldwell did throw the game-winning TD cross final week towards Mississippi State, though he has thrown solely eight passes this season. He spent the 2024 season at Troy and handed for 1,608 yards and 13 yards.
