NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 17th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores aren't happy with themselves, feeling they let a big opportunity get away in their first loss this season.

An open date let them stew even longer.

“That Alabama loss made us even hungrier," Vanderbilt running back Sedrick Alexander said. "We knew that we didn’t play up to the standard of Vanderbilt football.”

The best way to wash that loss away comes Saturday when the Commodores (5-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) host No. 10 LSU. The Tigers have won 10 straight in this sporadic SEC series, but this will be only the fourth time these programs both have been ranked at the same time — the first since 1947.

This is the first season Vanderbilt has been ranked more than five weeks with the Commodores already having a road win

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