Delaware at Vanderbilt
Fan take
Delaware fans
How they got here
Last three games · 2025 season
Delaware · 7-6
Picked #39 in the preseason · now #51.
2-1 in its last three, capped by a 7-point win over Louisiana as a 1.5-point underdog.
W 20–13 vs Louisiana #120 of 668
won by 7 as a 1.5-point underdog
W 61–31 vs UTEP #209 of 668
won by 30 as a 4.5-point favorite
L 14–52 @ Wake Forest #46 of 668
lost by 38 as a 17.5-point underdog
L 23–26 @ Sam Houston #209 of 668
lost by 3 as a 13.5-point favorite
W 25–24 vs Louisiana Tech #100 of 668
won by 1 as a 5.5-point underdog
L 30–59 @ Liberty #72 of 668
lost by 29 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 31–28 vs Middle Tennessee #167 of 668
won by 3 as a 8-point favorite
L 25–38 @ Jacksonville State #88 of 668
lost by 13 as a 3-point favorite
L 24–27 vs Western Kentucky #98 of 668
lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 38–16 @ Florida International #125 of 668
won by 22 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 44–41 vs UConn #66 of 668
won by 3 as a 9.5-point underdog
L 7–31 @ Colorado #101 of 668
lost by 24 as a 23.5-point underdog
W 35–17 vs Delaware State #219 of 668
won by 18 as a 30.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Vanderbilt · 10-3
Picked #44 in the preseason · now #47 — about right.
2-1 in its last three, capped by a 21-point win over Tennessee as a 2.5-point underdog.
L 27–34 vs IowaTop 25 #18 of 668
lost by 7 as a 3-point favorite
W 45–24 @ TennesseeTop 25 #24 of 668
won by 21 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 45–17 vs Kentucky #58 of 668
won by 28 as a 6.5-point favorite
W 45–38 vs AuburnTop 25 #32 of 668
won by 7 as a 5.5-point favorite
L 31–34 @ TexasTop 25 #16 of 668
lost by 3 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 17–10 vs MissouriTop 25 #20 of 668
won by 7 as a 3-point favorite
W 31–24 vs LSUTop 25 #15 of 668
won by 7 as a 1.5-point favorite
L 14–30 @ AlabamaTop 25 #4 of 668
lost by 16 as a 13.5-point underdog
W 55–35 vs Utah State #110 of 668
won by 20 as a 24.5-point favorite
W 70–21 vs Georgia State #157 of 668
won by 49 as a 26.5-point favorite
W 31–7 @ South CarolinaTop 25 #37 of 668
won by 24 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 44–20 @ Virginia Tech #47 of 668
won by 24 as a 1.5-point underdog
W 45–3 vs Charleston Southern #184 of 668
won by 42 as a 38.5-point favorite
What’s at stake
Make the CFP field
Win the conference
Win it all
CFP odds as of September 13, 2026
The series
Vanderbilt leads the series 1-0
1 meeting since 2026 · Vanderbilt won the last meeting
- 2026Vanderbilt 35–26
Best players
Delaware
- Ja'Carree Kelly (WR) · 211 receiving yards
- Da'Wain Lofton (WR) · 206 receiving yards
- Gavin Moul (LB) · 16 tackles
Vanderbilt
- C.J. Heard (S) · 14 tackles
- Junior Sherrill (WR) · 164 receiving yards
- Nicholas Rinaldi (LB) · 13 tackles
The line, and the room
Delaware fans are feeling better about their season (45th percentile) than Vanderbilt fans are (12th) — even with Vanderbilt favored here.
- Model · 57%
- Market · 95%
- Vanderbilt fans · 12th
- Delaware fans · 45th
Home −20.5 · O/U 54.5
Conditions
87°F · 6 mph wind · Rain Shower
Vanderbilt is worth +1.1 points (±4.7) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom tenth of FBS, 6th percentile.
41% at home, 24% on the road against FBS opponents (19–27 home, 10–31 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -2.4 at home vs. away over 74 games — inside the ±7.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 650 miles to get here.
Delaware 26 – Vanderbilt 35
Called it — picked Vanderbilt to win.
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- BoxThe line
Miles Capers (Vanderbilt): 7 tackles · 4 TFL · 1 sack
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
Win-probability model: CollegeFootballData.
Recent games
Vanderbilt
- Wk 1Wvs Austin Peay28-9
Delaware
- Wk 1Wvs Merrimack42-7
Trajectory
Vanderbilt beat Delaware 35-26 — exactly what the pregame pick had.