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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Ranking SEC football programs by social media followers
There is a passion unlike any other in college football when it comes to the SEC and fans of the 16 schools in the conference. With social media growing as a force by the hour, every SEC school needs to feed the game behind the game—social media—with information on different platforms. Which ones are doing it best and what schools have attracted the most followers when looking at Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter combined? Vanderbilt Commodores Followers: 230,000 Missouri Tigers Followers: 480,000 Mississippi State Bulldogs Followers: 676,000 (Note: Mississippi State does not break out TikTok followers by sport) Kentucky Wildcats Followers: 828,000 Texas A&M Aggies Followers: 1.1 million Arkansas Razorbacks Followers: 1.131 million Ole Miss Rebels Followers: 1.24 million Auburn Tigers Followers: 1.26 million South Carolina Gamecocks Followers: 1.4 million Florida Gators Followers: 1.83 million Oklahoma Sooners Followers: 2.05 million Texas Longhorns Followers: 2.5 million Tennessee Volunteers Followers: 3.3 million LSU Tigers Followers: 3.525 million (Note: LSU does not break out TikTok followers by sport. Hence, football is not in this number) Georgia Bulldogs Followers: 3.6 million Alabama Crimson Tide Followers: 4.5 million
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
2025 Vanderbilt Football Predictions: Commodores Ranked 36th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136
College Football 2025 Vanderbilt Football Predictions: Commodores Ranked 36th in RJ Young's Ultimate 136 Published Aug. 10, 2025 9:23 p.m. ET share facebook x reddit link This isn't your average college football ranking. My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it's my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list: Who do I think is good? Why do I think they're good? What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations? Here is a look at where Vanderbilt lands in my Ultimate 136. Vanderbilt Commodores ranking: 36 Last year's ranking: 99 Top player: QB Diego Pavia: Set school records for fewest interceptions (4) (min. 250 attempts) and rushing yards by a quarterback (801). [Vanderbilt's 2025 schedule] RJ's take: Vanderbilt beat a No. 1-ranked team for the first time in school history last year, and the fact that it came against Alabama made it that much sweeter. This is a program that has been ranked a total of seven weeks in nearly 70 years. They were voted into the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2013 last October, and Clark Lea has a better roster this year than last year. ADVERTISEMENT Pavia returns for one more year, his sixth of college football, and will do it as the only man in history to win Conference USA Player of the Year and SEC Newcomer of the Year. His partnership with tight end Eli Stowers will prove as crucial for Vandy as Carson Beck's with Brock Bowers was at Georgia in 2023. If the tandem can be All-SEC players again — Pavia was a second-team selection and Stowers was a first-team pick — Vandy can prove that last year was no fluke and that seven wins is the new normal in Nashville. A kind schedule is also in the offering. The Commodores will play against just two teams that made the College Football Playoff last year (Texas and Tennessee) and will play SEC foes LSU and Missouri at home. [Check out RJ Young's Ultimate 136 College Football Rankings here] Vanderbilt Win Total Odds: Over 4.5 (-188) Under 4.5 (+152) Have an issue with my rankings? Think your alma mater is too low, or your school's rival is too high? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young , and I'll select my favorite tweets and respond to them in a future article. RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports. Follow him at @RJ_Young. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience College Football Vanderbilt Commodores share
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
7 Vanderbilt Commodores picked in 2025 MLB Draft
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Seven Vanderbilt Commodores were selected in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft. Three of them were selected on Sunday night, which featured the first four rounds, and four more were taken on Monday, which consisted of the fifth round through the 20th and final round. Advertisement RELATED | Tennessee sets record with four Vols selected in MLB Draft first round It's the fifth consecutive MLB Draft that at least six Vanderbilt players have been selected. The program has had multiple players selected in every draft since 2004. Here's which Commodores were drafted and what organization they'll be representing: LHP JD Thompson, Milwaukee Brewers – Round 2, Pick 59 UTL RJ Austin, Baltimore Orioles – Round 3, Pick 93 RHP Cody Bowker, Philadelphia Phillies – Round 3, Pick 100 INF Riley Nelson, Cleveland Guardians – Round 5, Pick 162 RHP Sawyer Hawks, Arizona Diamondbacks – Round 6, Pick 183 LHP Levi Huesman, Washington Nationals – Round 16, Pick 471 INF Jonathan Vastine, San Diego Padres – Round 19, Pick 580 Vanderbilt's ace in 2025 in Thompson was the first Commodore off the board in the draft after tossing 219 strikeouts to just 61 walks in 164 innings over three seasons in Nashville. Austin's selection in the third round comes after he became the fifth Vanderbilt player to win a Gold Glove. Dominant in centerfield in 2025, he saved nearly 10 defensive runs while adding 14 home runs, 139 RBI, 54 stolen bases and 134 runs scored on offense. Advertisement Bowker was off the board to Philadelphia just seven picks later. He threw 99 strikeouts in 72 innings for Vanderbilt in 2025. Cleveland selected Nelson in the fifth round after he led the Commodores with a .344 batting average while adding eight home runs, 47 RBI and 13 doubles. Hawks is heading to the Diamonbacks organization after a 4-0 record and six saves in 2025 with a 1.6 ERA in 18 games, holding hitters to a .167 batting average with 59 strikeouts and 11 walks. He finished with several conference and national honors. ⏩ Read today's top stories on The Washington Nationals took Huesman in the 16th round. In 2025, he made 18 appearances, finsihing with a 2.81 ERA, 20 strikeouts, four walks and held opponents to a .228 batting average with five runs over 16 innings. Advertisement Vastine was the final Commodore selected in the draft, heading to the San Diego Padres organization. He played in over 200 games for Vanderbilt and finished with a .279 batting average, 24 home runs, five triples, 44 doubles and 117 RBI. On defense, he finished with a .970 career fielding average with 18 errors over four seasons. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WKRN News 2.
Associated Press
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Louisville beats Vanderbilt 3-2, boots No. 1 overall seed into losers' bracket at Nashville Regional
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zion Rose homered leading off the fifth and Tague Davis doubled and scored what proved to be the winning run later in the inning on a throwing error as Louisville sent No. 1 overall seed Vanderbilt into the losers' bracket at the Nashville Regional with a 3-2 victory on Saturday night. Jake Schweitzer hit Colin Barczi with a 3-2 pitch to begin the bottom of the ninth before striking out the next two hitters. Mike Mancini singled to put runners at the corners before a force out at second sealed Schweitzer's third save. Vanderbilt (43-17) will play Wright State in an elimination game on Sunday. The Commodores would then have to beat the Cardinals (37-21) on Sunday night and again on Monday to advance to the super regionals. Justin West (2-2) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Tucker Biven to get the win. Biven allowed two runs — one earned — on two hits and two walks in 4 2/3. Wyatt Danilowicz pitched a scoreless eighth. Starter Cody Bowker (3-5) took the loss for Vanderbilt, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits in 5 1/3. Connor Fennell allowed three hits in three shutout innings. Matt Klein homered two batters into the game to give Louisville a 1-0 lead. Mancini walked and scored on a wild pitch to tie it in the third. Vandy added an unearned run in the fifth. ___ AP college sports:
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
M-E's Mancini and #1 Vanderbilt to host NCAA Regional
ENDWELL, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – One time Maine-Endwell Spartan Mike Mancini, who now plays with the Vanderbilt Commodores, is heading off to the NCAA Tournament, as the #1 seed. The Commodores took down Ole Miss in the SEC Championship game over the weekend. Mancini and Vanderbilt will kick off their Nashville Regional run on Friday, May 30th at 6:00 pm on the SEC Network against Wright State. Vanderbilt finished the season 42-16. The other teams in the regional are Louisville and East Tennessee State. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
