Overview

• Ty Simpson went 23-for-31 for 340 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, and Jam Miller ran for 136 yards and a score.
• After allowing 113 rushing yards in the first quarter and entering halftime tied 14-14, Alabama limited Vanderbilt to 22 rushing yards the rest of the game and blanked the Commodores in the second half.
• Keon Sabb intercepted Diego Pavia in the red zone as part of a tightened defensive effort that flipped field position and momentum.
• Nick Saban used ESPN’s College GameDay to apologize for last year’s remarks about Vanderbilt and acknowledged revenge as a factor before kickoff.
• Vanderbilt arrived 5-0 for the programs’ first ranked meeting since 1937, but Pavia’s 198 passing yards with one touchdown and two interceptions plus 58 rushing yards were not enough; Alabama now visits Missouri with analysts continuing Heisman talk around Simpson.