Overview

• The SEC’s lone ranked-on-ranked game kicks off Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC in Tuscaloosa.
• Vanderbilt is 5-0 for the first time since 2008 after a 55-35 win over Utah State, led by Diego Pavia’s 74.6% passing, 1,211 yards and 13 touchdowns through five games.
• Alabama has allowed just 113.5 passing yards per game and is forcing 1.8 turnovers per contest, both among the league’s best marks.
• Ty Simpson says the Tide “remember what happened last year,” and this is their first ranked meeting with Vanderbilt in 88 years.
• ESPN’s College Gameday will be on site, while elsewhere No. 6 Texas A&M is a two-touchdown favorite over Mississippi State in a week drawing upset watch.