A magical season becomes more historic by the week for the Vanderbilt football program. The No. 10 Commodores defeated No. 15 Missouri on Saturday to improve to 7-1 for the first time since 1941. The 17-10 victory was the Commodores' second against a ranked opponent in as many weeks and third on the year, and it cemented them as both College Football Playoff and SEC title contenders heading into the final month of the regular season.

Fittingly, star quarterback Diego Pavia was the one to score the winning touchdown for his Commodores. Pavia has been the face of Vanderbilt's rise toward the top of the SEC ladder over the last two seasons and is in the midst of building a Heisman Trophy résumé as strong as any in the country. He punched the ball in from a yard out with 1:52 to play

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