The big picture

Vanderbilt Commodores are 4–5 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 23 points for and 29.4 against.

Tennessee Volunteers are 7–2 in College Football (NCAA) 2026, averaging 32.4 points for and 15.1 against.

Form

Vanderbilt Commodores have won one of their last five and most recently beat Mississippi State Bulldogs 25–23.

Tennessee Volunteers have won four of their last five and most recently beat Kentucky Wildcats 34–6.

Head to head

These sides have met 13 times on our records since 2013: Vanderbilt Commodores 5, Tennessee Volunteers 8.

Last time out (2025, Week 14), Vanderbilt Commodores won 45–24 at Neyland Stadium.

Biggest margin between these two: Tennessee Volunteers by 56 points in 2022 (56–0).

Players to watch

For Vanderbilt Commodores, watch Jaylen Mahoney (9.3 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Savion Riley (5.5 def total tackles a game in 2023).

For Tennessee Volunteers, watch Elijah Herring (6 def total tackles a game in 2023) and Aaron Beasley (5.3 def total tackles a game in 2023).

At FirstBank Stadium

Vanderbilt Commodores have won 14 of their last 21 at FirstBank Stadium.

The deeper numbers

Vanderbilt Commodores haven't beaten Tennessee Volunteers at FirstBank Stadium since 2018: 3 meetings there since then.

What the numbers say

On form and history, Tennessee Volunteers have the edge.