Vanderbilt won 10 games for the first time in program history, and Clark Lea believes Diego Pavia deserves to be a Heisman finalist

Vanderbilt football head coach Clark Lea talked about his team’s playoff position in Tuesday’s press conference.

Tennessee suffered its first loss to rival Vanderbilt since 2018, falling to Diego Pavia and his Commodores at Neyland Stadium.

Vanderbilt picked up a signature rivalry win Saturday, smashing multiple Tennessee milestones in a 45-24 win. The effort capped the program’s first 10-win season and produced its highest score against the Volunteers since 1923 — a 102-year stretch that now stands alone in school history.