Overview
- The No. 17 Commodores host No. 10 LSU on Oct. 18 at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, with kickoff at 12 p.m. ET on ABC.
- Sportsbooks list Vanderbilt around a 2.5-point favorite, and ESPN's model gives the Commodores roughly a 61% win probability.
- It is Vanderbilt's first time favored over LSU since 1948 and ends a 176-game run as an underdog against ranked opponents, per CBS Sports Research.
- Senior quarterback Diego Pavia leads a top-10 scoring attack averaging about 43 points per game, a key driver of the market tilt.
- LSU enters 5-1 following a 20-10 win over South Carolina, with analysis noting rushing inefficiency and turnovers on offense despite a top-five scoring defense.