For the second time this season, Utah State made a trip to SEC country to take on a ranked opponent.

And much like that first trip — to College Station to play Texas A&M — the trip to Nashville ended with a Utah State loss.

The Aggies fell to No. 18 Vanderbilt 55-35 Saturday, USU’s second loss of the season.

USU was competitive for much of the first half before Vanderbilt pulled away in the third quarter.

With the loss, Utah State falls to 3-2 on the season, with Mountain West Conference play kicking off in earnest with an Oct. 11 trip to Hawaii up next.

Here are three takeaways from the Aggies’ latest loss.

Overwhelmed up front

It wasn’t too surprising, but nonetheless was the deciding factor in the game — Utah State was consistently outmuscled and outplayed up front by Vanderbilt.

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