CFB TEAM RESEARCH · SEC
Vanderbilt
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 5 completed games · SEC. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #90; PPG allowed #80. ATS coverage 5/5; totals coverage 5/5. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.
Overall record including postseason: 3-2. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.
SEASON LEADERSHIP
Coaching staff
Head-coaching records: CollegeFootballData. Coordinator history is not supplied by this source. Multiple coaches are shown when credited with games.
RECRUITING CLASS
Incoming signing class
2026 signing class · CollegeFootballData team recruiting rankings. This is the incoming recruiting class, not a roster or transfer-portal ranking.
ADVANCED METRICS
Offense and defense
CFBD season statistics, including postseason where supplied. Advanced metrics exclude garbage time. PPA is predicted points added per play. Explosiveness is the provider’s successful-play metric, not an explosive-play percentage. FBS ranks compare the same source metric and season; ties share ranks.
SEASON LEADERS
Players who led the team
Passing Leader
Jared Curtis
FBS #107 · 746 season total
63CMP98ATT746Yards4TD3INT64.29%CMP%135.58NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
Sedrick Alexander
FBS #190 · 200 season total
45Carries200Yards4TD4.44Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Junior Sherrill
FBS #14 · 474 season total
28REC474Yards3TD16.93Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
C.J. Heard
FBS #34 · 40 season total
40Total30Solo10Assists3TFL3Sacks
Sacks Leader
Nicholas Rinaldi
FBS #44 · 3 season total
3Sacks4TFL3QB hurries26Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Cayden Daniels
FBS #64 · 1 season total
1INT3Passes defended1Defensive TDs8Return yards14Tackles
Full-season player totals include bowls and playoffs. Each category starts with its main metric and uses secondary statistics only to break team ties. FBS ranks use combined player totals across FBS teams; tied totals share ranks. Defensive TDs follow the provider’s defensive-return touchdown totals. A dash means the provider did not return that statistic. CFBD is the primary source; 2015 defensive statistics are supplemented from ESPN.
FULL SEASON SCHEDULE
Results and market lines
| Wk | Date | Site | Opponent | Result | Score | Spread | ATS | Total | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-05 | H | Austin Peay | W | 28–9 | -29.5 | L | 57.5 | U |
| 2 | 2026-09-12 | H | Delaware | W | 35–26 | -20.5 | L | 54.5 | O |
| 3 | 2026-09-19 | H | NC State | W | 35–31 | -3 | W | 50.5 | O |
| 4 | 2026-09-26 | A | Auburn | L | 15–21 | +10 | W | 54.5 | U |
| 5 | 2026-10-03 | A | Georgia | L | 14–38 | +25.5 | W | 49.5 | O |
| 6 | 2026-10-10 | H | Ole Miss | — | — | +9.5 | — | 59.5 | — |
| 7 | 2026-10-17 | H | Arkansas | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | 2026-10-24 | A | Kentucky | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 2026-11-07 | A | Mississippi State | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-14 | H | Alabama | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-21 | A | Florida | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-28 | H | Tennessee | — | — | +3 | — | 57.5 | — |
H = home · A = away · N = neutral · Post = postseason. Source-reported spreads and totals; unverified closing status. Conference championships follow the source's regular-season classification.
Sources: CollegeFootballData; logos and team identity: ESPN. Historical conferences follow each season's game records.