When Vanderbilt comes to Bryant-Denny Stadium , the attention will fall on Diego Pavia , on a Commodores offense that scored 40 points against Alabama football in 2024 and a unit that has scored 245 points in its first five games, good for the fourth-best scoring offense in college football.

As the Crimson Tide prepares to host Vanderbilt, little to no outside attention has been on the Commodores defense, a unit that allows 17.2 points per game: the best scoring defense Alabama has seen all season.

To Alabama coach Kalen DeBoe r, Vanderbilt brings an impressive defensive unit in with a defensive-minded head coach in Clark Lea.

"They're sound, they pick and choose their times to be really aggressive and come after you," DeBoer said on the SEC coaches teleconference. "But

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