No. 9 Vanderbilt pulled off a third-straight comeback win against Kentucky on Saturday and has secured a double-bye.
The Commodores’ (39-16, 19-11 SEC) exact seeding is still to be determined with other games still ongoing.
As it stands at the conclusion of the Commodores’ 5-3 win against Kentucky, LSU leads South Carolina and Arkansas leads Tennessee. That combination of results would put Vanderbilt as a No. 4 seed. But if LSU or Arkansas were to lose their games, the Commodores would be the No. 3 seed. To make things even more interesting, if LSU wins and Arkansas loses, Vanderbilt would be the No. 2 seed. But its unlikely many Vanderbilt fans will actively root for Tennessee…