Vanderbilt
3–5 · 0–5 SEC · Clark Lea, 6th season
Lost to Kentucky 34–17, Oct 24 · Next: at Mississippi State, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Vanderbilt has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 11.6 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 7.9 a game under, 133rd of 136.
Of the 6 teams at 3–5 against a schedule this hard, Vanderbilt’s −7.9 is 6th.
last 4
−11.6
before
−4.1
-20-100
Oct 3, 2026 @ Georgia +1.5
Oct 10, 2026 vs Ole Miss −25.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Arkansas −15.5
Oct 24, 2026 @ Kentucky −7.0
Lately
- Lost 5 straightstreak
Sep 26 @ Auburn −6- Oct 3 @ Georgia −24
- Oct 10 vs Ole Miss −35
- Oct 17 vs Arkansas −10
- Oct 24 @ Kentucky −17
the games, with the score
Vanderbilt has lost 5 straight. Every game of it. Date Game Result Score Sep 26, 2026 Vanderbilt @AuburnL 15–21 Oct 3, 2026 Vanderbilt @No. 2 GeorgiaL 14–38 Oct 10, 2026 Vanderbilt vsNo. 9 Ole MissL 17–52 Oct 17, 2026 Vanderbilt vsArkansasL 21–31 Oct 24, 2026 Vanderbilt @No. 12 KentuckyL 17–34 - Won 8 of its last 10 at homecount
Sep 27, 2025 vs Utah State +20
Oct 18, 2025 vs LSU +7
Oct 25, 2025 vs Missouri +7- Nov 8, 2025 vs Auburn +7
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Kentucky +28
- A Sep 5 vs Austin Peay +19
Sep 12 vs Delaware +9
Sep 19 vs NC State +4- Oct 10 vs Ole Miss −35
- Oct 17 vs Arkansas −10
- Covered 8 of its last 10 on the roadcount
- Nov 2, 2024 @ Auburn +17.5
- Nov 23, 2024 @ LSU +2.5
Sep 6, 2025 @ Virginia Tech +26
Sep 13, 2025 @ South Carolina +27
Oct 4, 2025 @ Alabama −2.5
Nov 1, 2025 @ Texas +0.5
Nov 29, 2025 @ Tennessee +23.5- Sep 26 @ Auburn +4
- Oct 3 @ Georgia +1.5
- Oct 24 @ Kentucky −7
- Beat 7 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
Sep 20, 2025 vs Georgia State +49- Sep 27, 2025 vs Utah State +20
- Nov 8, 2025 vs Auburn +7
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Kentucky +28
Dec 31, 2025 vs Iowa −7- A Sep 5 vs Austin Peay +19
- Sep 12 vs Delaware +9
- Sep 19 vs NC State +4
- Sep 26 @ Auburn −6
- Oct 17 vs Arkansas −10
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −5.1 · 99th | +6.3 · 109th |
| Total yards | −52 · 114th | +18 · 83rd |
| Touchdowns | −0.7 · 95th | +0.5 · 101st |
| Passing efficiency | −9.2 · 87th | +5.5 · 86th |
| 3rd downs | +2.3% · 44th | +7.9% · 120th |
| Turnovers | +0.7 · 130th | −0.2 · 89th |
| Sacks | +0.2 · 87th | −0.6 · 105th |
| Penalty yards | +9.7 · 103rd |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Vanderbilt’s splits
Seasons
- 2026 3–5
- 2025 10–3
- 2024 7–6
- 2023 2–10
- 2022 5–7
- 2021 2–10
- 2020 0–9
- 2019 3–9
- 2018 6–7
- 2017 5–7
- 2016 6–7
- 2015 4–8
- 2014 3–9
- 2013 9–4
- 2012 9–4
- 2011 6–7
- 2010 2–10
- 2009 2–10
- 2008 7–6
- 2007 5–7
- 2006 4–8
- 2005 5–6
- 2004 2–9
- 2003 2–10
- 2002 2–10
- 2001 2–9
- 2000 3–8
- 1999 5–6
- 1998 2–9
- 1997 3–8
- 1996 2–9
- 1995 2–9
- 1994 5–6
- 1993 5–6
- 1992 4–7
- 1991 5–6
- 1990 1–10
- 1989 1–10
- 1988 3–8
- 1987 4–7
- 1986 1–10
- 1985 3–7–1
- 1984 5–6
- 1983 2–9
- 1982 8–4
- 1981 4–7
- 1980 2–9
- 1979 1–10
- 1978 2–9
- 1977 2–9
- 1976 2–9
- 1975 7–4
- 1974 7–3–2
- 1973 5–6
- 1972 3–8
- 1971 4–6–1
- 1970 4–7
- 1969 4–6
- 1968 5–4–1
- 1967 2–7–1
- 1966 1–9
- 1965 2–7–1
- 1964 3–6–1
- 1963 1–7–2
- 1962 1–9
- 1961 2–8
- 1960 3–7
- 1959 5–3–2
- 1958 5–2–3
- 1957 5–3–2
- 1956 5–5
- 1955 8–3
- 1954 2–7
- 1953 3–7
- 1952 3–5–2
- 1951 6–5
- 1950 7–4
- 1949 5–5
- 1948 8–2–1
- 1947 6–4
- 1946 5–4
- 1945 3–6
- 1944 3–0–1
- 1943 5–0
- 1942 6–4
- 1941 8–2
- 1940 3–6–1
- 1939 2–7–1
- 1938 6–3
- 1937 7–2
- 1936 3–5–1
- 1935 7–3
- 1934 6–3
- 1933 4–3–3
- 1932 6–1–2
- 1931 5–4
- 1930 8–2
- 1929 7–2
- 1928 8–2
- 1927 8–1–2
- 1926 8–1
- 1925 6–3
- 1924 6–3–1
- 1923 5–2–1
- 1922 8–0–1
- 1921 7–0–1
- 1920 5–3–1
- 1919 5–1–2
- 1918 4–2
- 1917 5–3
- 1916 7–1–1
- 1915 9–1
- 1914 2–6
- 1913 5–3
- 1912 8–1–1
- 1911 8–1
- 1910 8–0–1
- 1909 7–3
- 1908 7–2–1
- 1907 5–1–1
- 1906 8–1
- 1905 7–1
- 1904 9–0
- 1903 6–1–1
- 1902 8–1
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.