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No. 5 Texas plays No. 25 Vanderbilt for the first time since 1928, with big wins for both

by Associated Press

No. 5 Texas (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) at No. 25 Vanderbilt (5-2, 2-1), Saturday, 4:15 PM ET (SEC Network)

BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas 18 1/2.

Series record: Vanderbilt leads 8-3-1.

What’s at stake?

These teams haven’t met since 1928 and are now being reunited with Texas joining the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns have fallen from their No. 1 seed and cannot afford another loss as they seek a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff. The Commodores are ranked for the first time since the end of the 2013 season. They can finish October with a second win against an AP Top 5 team; The first time was at their 61st try and that was when they beat No. 1 Alabama at the beginning of the month.

key match

Vanderbilt’s ability to hold the ball and stay clear is his greatest strength. The Commodores ranked 11th nationally in possession of the ball for 33 minutes per game, and they kept the ball away from Alabama for more than 42 minutes to earn their first win against a top-ranked team. Texas counters with the nation’s top-ranked defense in both holding opponents to 237.3 yards and just 9.7 points per game.

Players to watch

Texas: QB Quinn Ewers keeps getting asked about. After missing two starts due to an abdominal strain, he hasn’t looked great in either game since his return. He struggled badly in Texas’ loss to then-No. 5 Georgia looked uneasy and rattled by the Bulldogs’ passing attack. If he struggles again, how quickly will Texas coach Steve Sarkisian lure him to Arch Manning?

Vanderbilt: QB Diego Pavia. The graduate transfer from New Mexico State is a big reason why the Commodores never trailed in back-to-back wins over Alabama and on the road at Kentucky. It helped them avoid making threes in both games. He was intercepted just once, which puts Vanderbilt in first place among Power 4 programs.

Facts and figures

This is the Longhorns’ first SEC road game. They played rival Oklahoma in Dallas. … Texas has struggled with slow starts. The Longhorns haven’t scored in the first quarter of the last two games… Texas leads the nation with 10 interceptions on defense. … Vanderbilt is 4-0 at home against Texas in the series that began in 1899. … This is Vanderbilt’s fifth game this season against an opponent ranked or receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll. The Commodores went 4-1 in those games, with their only defeat coming in double overtime – No. 7 in Missouri.

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