After Saturday night’s 70-21 destruction of Georgia State, Vanderbilt moved up to 18th in the newly-released AP Poll after debuting at 20th last week. That puts the Commodores one spot behind Alabama.
Computers seem to be catching up with Vanderbilt as well: Bill Connelly’s SP+ rating has Vanderbilt now ranked 16th, up from 28th last week. Assigning three points for home-field advantage would make Vanderbilt a favorite in all but three of its remaining games (the three road games at Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee.)…