SECThe 2026 season's largest margin: Vanderbilt 28, Austin Peay 9. A 19-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2026 — The Chapter Being Written
The 2026 season is in progress. This chapter is still being written.
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Jared CurtisQB1,489 passing yards
- Blaze BerlowitzQB386 passing yards
- Sedrick AlexanderRB274 rushing yards
- Makhilyn YoungRB214 rushing yards
- Junior SherrillWR706 receiving yards
- Ja'Cory ThomasWR230 receiving yards
- C.J. HeardS62 tackles
- Nicholas RinaldiLB52 tackles
- Bryan LongwellLB51 tackles
- Edwin KolengeEDGE2.5 sacks
- Miles CapersEDGE2 sacks
- Yilanan OuattaraDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2026.
The season's deepest loss: Vanderbilt 17, Ole Miss 52. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
"The League called it a scheduling accident; the program calls it a standard."
2026 is a middle chapter for Vanderbilt — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.