Vanderbilt checked a big item off its to-do list by beating South Carolina, and there's still more work to do.

The Commodores are 3-0 for the first time since 2017 and were rewarded for their 31-7 win over the Gamecocks with a No. 20 ranking in Sunday's Associated Press Top 25.

Like last year, when their upset of a top-ranked Alabama highlighted a 6-3 start, the Commodores are beginning to hear the kind of things from the public that can make a player's head get too big for his helmet.

Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea, center, watches the action from the sideline in the second half of an NCAA college football game against South Carolina, Sept. 13, in Columbia, S.C. David Yeazell, Associated Press

The breakthroughs keep happening for Clark Lea, who grew up in Nashville and played two s

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