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Randon Fontenette To Leave Vanderbilt Football, Enter Transfer Portal

NASHVILLE—Vanderbilt football STAR Randon Fontenette has entered the transfer portal, per a Wednesday morning report. Fontenette was a key piece in Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt Football Sets Record For All-District Honorees: The Anchor

Vanderbilt football athletes are getting their first post-2025 season recognition this week, with eight different Commodores getting Academic All-District Team Tuesday afternoon.

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 5

Where Vanderbilt Basketball is Ranked in AP Top 25 After South Carolina Win

NASHVILLE—Vanderbilt basketball is ranked No. 11 in the AP Top 25, per the Monday afternoon release of the poll. The Commodores stayed put with the No.

College Football News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 4

Vanderbilt Lands Commitment from 3-Star Transfer TE

While the conclusion of Vanderbilt's 2025 season was a bit disappointing, falling in the ReliaQuest Bowl to the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Commodores have hit the ground running throughout the early stages of the offseason, and have already begun to load up on talented newcomers by way of the transfer portal.

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 3

Amidst Injuries And Foul Trouble, Vanderbilt Did Not Miss a Beat Against South Carolina

In a power conference like the SEC, normally teams tend to struggle in games where a team is missing some of its best players and faces a little bit of early adversity, no matter who the opponent is.

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 3

Takeaways From Vanderbilt Basketball's 83-71 Win Over South Carolina

Vanderbilt basketball opened SEC play a winner on Saturday afternoon in Columbia. The Commodores led the Gamecocks by double digits for the majority of its trip to Columbia, were up by as much as 18 and ultimatley sealed the day with an 83-71 win.

College Basketball News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 2

Three Keys and a Prediction: Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina

Vanderbilt basketball hits the road for its SEC opener on Saturday and will face Lamont Paris' South Carolina team as it looks to win its first SEC game in each of Mark Byington's two seasons at the helm.

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 2

How Mark Byington, Vanderbilt basketball has built a historically proficient offense

NASHVILLE—Four 100-point games, 13 wins and a Battle 4 Atlantis championship into the 2025-26 season and Vanderbilt basketball is in the midst of a push in which it’s put its name among college basketball’s elite. Mark Byington’s Vanderbilt team is the consensus No.

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 2

Vanderbilt WBB Wins SEC Opener: The Anchor

Vanderbilt women’s basketball got its conference slate started off right on New Year’s Day as the Commodores went into Arkansas and beat the Razorbacks 88-71 to start 1-0 in SEC play.

Khordae Sydnor News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 1

Exclusive: How Khordae Sydnor Got His Love For Football Back at Vanderbilt

TAMPA—-Khordae Sydnor wasn’t quite broken when he stepped onto Vanderbilt’s campus a few seasons ago, but he wasn’t all that far off. Sydnor had just wrapped a season at Purdue in which he saw his role decrease significantly under the Boilermakers’ new regime.

Junior Sherrill News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / January 1

Exclusive: Why Junior Sherrill Says He Plans To Return to Vanderbilt Football in 2026

TAMPA—-It may not have taken a second for Junior Sherrill to get the words out when he was asked whether he was coming back to Vanderbilt for his senior season. The way Sherrill addressed the question was firm enough to promote the idea that there was no other possible reality rather than the one that he’s set to pursue next season.

College Football News / Larry Brown Sports / January 2

Diego Pavia’s comments about Big Ten had the ultimate backfire

The Commodores lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Wednesday in the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Ryan Day assigns blame for Ohio State's stunning loss to Miami in CFP

Trinidad Chambliss, Kewan Lacy prove Ole Miss doesn't need Lane Kiffin to win as Rebels stun Georgia in Sugar Bowl

No. 9 Alabama hits new low under HC Kalen DeBoer with blowout loss to No. 1 Indiana

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Clark Lea News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / December 31

How Clark Lea Will Remember the 2025 Vanderbilt Football Team

TAMPA—It only took around two minutes for Clark Lea to have to fight back tears while standing at the podium in the tunnel of Raymond James Stadium. The Vanderbilt head coach wasn’t discouraged or angry, but he was sad.

College Football News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / December 31

Explaining Vanderbilt Football's Punt Blunder Before Halftime

Vanderbilt punter Nick Haberer took a snap on 4th and 27 from his own goal line 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage with 48 seconds remaining in the first half of Vanderbilt’s ReliaQuest Bowl matchup against Iowa.

College Football News / Vanderbilt Commodores on SI / December 31

Sometimes Things Don't End The Way They're Supposed To. They Didn't For Vanderbilt Football; Column

TAMPA—With his back to a sea of Iowa fans and the chances at a magical ending to his college football career waning, Diego Pavia did something that he’s never done. Pavia caught the snap and motioned to hand it off to Vanderbilt running back Sedrick Alexander, but Alexander had already passed him.

College Football News / Athlon Sports / December 31

Iowa vs. Vanderbilt Prediction: ReliaQuest Bowl Game Preview

Both Iowa and Vanderbilt are expected to be largely at full strength when they meet for the first time in the ReliaQuest Bowl. The Hawkeyes are bowl-eligible for a 13th consecutive season, one of the longest active streaks in the FBS, while the Commodores are going bowling in back-to-back seasons for the first time in over a decade.

No. 13 Vanderbilt stays unbeaten, keeps rolling as SEC play looms

The Vanderbilt Commodores have emerged as one of the best teams in men's college basketball, and they've done so in dominant fashion.

Chris Beard, Ole Miss searching for answers after missed opportunities

Georgetown coach Ed Cooley hit a child with a water bottle

No. 19 Texas Tech hands No. 3 Duke first loss of season in historic comeback

Penny Hardaway, Memphis off to miserable start in 2025

CBB weekend winners, losers

Vanderbilt Commodores News / Yardbarker / December 17

Ingram wasted little time clapping back at Pavia’s Heisman voter diss

Mark Ingram II wasted little time clapping back at Diego Pavia’s Heisman voter diss

Ingram took it upon himself to run over the Vanderbilt QB, who finished second in Saturday’s Heisman voting and then pouted both on social media and at a New York City club.

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